Edward "Ted" Windsor Farrow died July 15 of a massive head injury as result of a fall.
He was born in Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 16, 1928, the eldest son of Edward Samuel Farrow and Ruth Windsor Farrow.
He graduated from Exeter Academy, Williams College and he studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War hee worked as an in-house architect for IBM, as a consultant to Herman Miller for building and office design, and as a consultant to George Jensen in their furniture division.
Having spent all of his summers in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., he decided to move there in 1967. He started a business called TASHTEGO (named after a Gay Head Wampanoag Indian, a harpooner in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." The eclectic shop combined contemporary home furnishings, lighting, accessories, crafts and treasures from the many countries he and his wife, Jane, whom he married in 1973, visited in their many travels.
He was an original member of the Chilmark Planning Board, a board member of the Martha's Vineyard Preservation trust and a past member of the Edgartown Yacht Club.
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Contributions to his memory may be made to the Boca Grande Health Clinic, Box 517, Boca Grande FL 33921 or to the Nature Conservancy, 4745 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22203.
He was an accomplished pianist and made many of his friends happy with his musical serenades.
He loved living on an island and in 1997 he and Jane retired to the island village of Boca Grande where they could see, be in and enjoy the Gulf of Mexico to their hearts' content.
He is survived by his devoted wife, Jane Wilson Farrow; his loving stepsons,Peter, David and John Damroth; three much beloved step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildrennn; a brother, Rodney Downing Farrow; a sister, Katherine Farrow Jorrens; countless adoring nieces annephewses; and many friends from all walks of life.
Ted is now free to walk an endless white sandy beach collecting sea shells, riding a challenging wave into shore and seeking the elusive3 green flash at day's end.
He died on the day of the full moon and would have loved knowing it was shining down on him
Contributions to his memory may be made to the Boca Grande Health Clinic, Box 517, Boca Grande FL 33921 or to the Nature Conservancy, 4745 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22203.
There will be a small gathering of friends on the beach in Boca Grande this summer. A memorial service will be held later this year on Martha's Vineyardwhere he will be buried in the Chilmark Cemetery.
