Theodore (Ted) Scott Roeder, 94, of the Rosholt, WI area (Bevent Township) passed away on March 5, 2021, at Marshfield Medical Center in Weston, Wisconsin. Ted was born April 2, 1926, to Norbert and Helen (Sowle) Roeder in Sparta, Wisconsin.  Helen passed away shortly after Ted was born, and he was raised in Tomah, WI, by his maternal grandparents, Claude and Luetta Sowle, along with their own children.  Ted led a long and interesting life.  He had many interests and skills and participated in a variety of activities throughout his life.  He grew up in a musical family and music remained very important to him throughout his life.  He played several instruments including trumpet, violin, guitar and drums and sang in numerous choirs over the years, including the Monteverdi Chorale in Stevens Point, WI. After High School he entered the Navy flight training program (V-12) at Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin where he also played drums in the Navy band and sang in the choir.  He was then sent to torpedo school.  After that he had orders to a brand new destroyer in San Diego; but new orders arrived the next day sending him to Chapel Hill, NC, to participate in a pre-flight program.  While there he played football for Paul "Bear" Bryant, who was also in the Navy and who later became famous as the most successful football coach in history for the Alabama Crimson Tide.  After the Navy, he returned to Lawrence College to complete his undergraduate studies majoring in Zoology, Biology and Drama. He had a strong love of the out of doors, which led him to spend time at Yellowstone Park with friends.  He worked as a seasonal naturalist in Yellowstone Park and was first exposed to sled dog racing there. He taught Junior High in West Yellowstone during the school year.   This set a pattern for the rest of his life as he bred and raced sled dogs for much of his life and returned to visit Yellowstone many times. In addition, he wrangled horses on T Cross Ranch outside of Dubois, WY and there learned to repair saddles.  After Yellowstone Park, he became a permanent ranger, first at the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, then at Mount McKinley (now Denali) in the winter and Katmai in the summer.  While at Mount McKinley he ran the sled dog demonstration area and took dog sleds out to stock the remote cabins in the park.  At Katmai, he was the head ranger and he built a boat house by hand which still stands and is now the ranger station. He had 4 children with his first wife, Virginia, between 1952 and 1962 while working in the national parks.  The children had a unique early education in those years in the parks and in Bozeman, Montana, where Ted pursued his post graduate studies in Water Science for several years. His first post-college job related to his studies was in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he worked for the EPA for two years, racing sled dogs and enjoying the out of doors with his family in his free time.  He and his family then moved to Stevens Point, WI where Ted was instrumental in starting the water science program in the College of Natural Resources and the Aquatic Toxicology Program.  He taught Water 180, and Pollution Ecology in the CNR and Algology in the Department of Biology from 1968 through 1994. He also taught several summers at Pigeon Lake Field Station near Drummond, WI and at the CNR Summer Camp at Clam Lake, WI. In the summer of 1973 he participated in the Chukchi Imuruk Biological Survey, a National Park Service research project on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, where the team lived in tents and were transported in and out by bush plane.  He enjoyed teaching and inspired his students to pursue careers in related fields.   In addition to teaching, he had a Leather Repair shop in Junction City, WI where he sold and repaired saddles.  Ted volunteered at Circle A Ranch (a Christian Camp for youth) in Michigan for 30 years.  He was also a founding member of the Stevens Point YMCA over 50 years ago. Ted met the love of his life, Betsie Graham, while living in Stevens Point.  Together they enjoyed many activities together, including sled dog racing, travel in the United States and Europe, sharing great food with each other and friends, church activities and educating young people about the out of doors both at the university and with other organizations such as the Boy Scouts and local elementary schools. For 10 years he and Betsie were part of UW-SP's Bio-Wyo Summer program through the Biology Department where Ted helped to educate students about Yellowstone Park and the Bear Tooth Mountains where he had also done his graduate research.  They were dedicated Green Bay Packer fans, and Ted rarely missed a game.  They were interested in the Never Forgotten Honor Flights for WWII veterans, and Ted was very pleased to join the flight to Washington DC in 2013.  Other activities Ted enjoyed included reading, cooking, woodworking, leather work, and dog sled construction, and he did much of the work building his and Betsie's final home, an A-frame house near Rosholt.  He was involved with several organizations including:  the International Sled Dog Racing Association (as director at large), the Wisconsin Trailblazers Sled Dog Club, the International Diatom Symposium, Faith Lutheran Church in Rosholt, and the Mosinee Community Band where he played bass drum. Ted's dog teams (Kuzitrin Kennels) kept him active for many years racing up to 16 dogs in the open class and he spent countless hours working for the sled dog organizations.  He was known by many for his wonderful smile and warm presence. Ted is survived by his beloved wife of over 46 years, Betsie Graham; children Julia (Terry) Hovey, Scott Roeder, Susan Roeder and Larry (Nancy Wise) Roeder; grandson Scott (Claudia) Roeder; grandsons Joe Orren and Brian Davis (Larry's step sons), sister-in-law Mary Roeder, brothers-in-law Robert and James (Winnie) Graham and a number of nieces and nephews and cousins.  He was preceded in death by his brother Lorry Roeder, sister Carly Roeder, father Norbert Roeder, step mother Frances Roeder, daughter-in-law Barbe Roeder (wife of son Scott), and sister and brother-in-law Mary and Ron Keezer. The family would like to thank the following for their kindness:  Dr. Onitilo and staff at the Stevens Point Marshfield Clinic Cancer Center; Dr. Tanimu, Marshfield Clinic Weston Center; Town of Bevent First Responders; Hatley Ambulance Service personnel; and emergency room and hospital staff at Marshfield Medical Center Weston. Memorials in Ted's name may be made to:The Roeder Family Scholarship Fund at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI or the Stevens Point YMCA. A Celebration of Life will be held May 17, 2021 at Jordan Park Lodge WEST (Corner of Highway 66 and Y near Stevens Point, WI) beginning at 10 AM with visitation.  Appropriate actions to keep attendees healthy including social distancing will be appreciated.  Burial will be 2PM at Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in King, WI.