Mr Clyde "Ted" Reinert

Clyde "Ted" Reinert passed away on January 24, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 35 years Kathleen Herron Reinert & children Rhonda Joy Reinert Merritt, Jeffrey Earl Reinert (Elsa Solano Reinert) Jean Marie Reinert, Lori Ann Reinert Mifflin (Michael Mifflin) and Edward Thomas "Ted" Reinert Ph.D. He had 12 grandchildren; Christa Rush Bandorf (Dieter Bandorf) Brendon Rush (Stacy Mann Rush), Arlene Valdivia, Brian Taylor Merritt, Jake Reinert , Harrison Merritt, Jim Reinert, Aaron Solano, Tristan Withrow, Hailee Reinert, Natalie Withrow, and Gizelle Reinert. And 3 great grandchildren Rory Rush Bandorf, Parker Ann Rush & Marley Jeanne Reinert. Also his brothers Clark Reinert and Alan Reinert! Also, his mother in law Virginia Herron, sisters in law Peggy Herron and Dr. Jennifer Herron (Thor Biberman), brother in law Tom Herron (Tammy Taylor), niece Taylor Herron, and nephews John Biberman and T.J. Herron. We also cannot forget his gigantic Koi Fish in the beautiful pond he built, and his Old English Sheep Dog Nellie, and Poodle Jackie! He was preceded by his father Eldred Earl Reinert, mother Blanche Cleo Freeman Reinert, and his brothers Earl Reinert, Glen Reinert, Duane Reinert, and Kenneth Reinert. One attribute that stands out is how dad loved to teach anyone he could anything he knew and learned in life . He loved to tell funny stories and sit in the back yard on the swing he made and talk. His favorite topics were stories about when he was a kid in Nebraska, fly fishing, recipes, and planning gardening, and construction projects around the house. He tended to be a little bit of a packrat, but that was part of the fun. He had all sorts of unusual collections ranging from monkey wrenches to hats, fishing poles, fly tying supplies, and especially fishing magazines. Ted took great pride in the fact that he was descended from the original 1865 homesteaders in Nebraska. His paternal great-great grandfather, Peter Reinert, came from the Kingdom of Prussia, near the intersecting current borders of France, Germany and Luxembourg. His maternal great-great grandfather, John Wing Freeman, was a direct descendant of the Pilgrims who came on the Mayflower. Ted was born in a "little house on the prairie", he was delivered by his father during a blizzard on Thanksgiving morning. He was the fourth of seven sons. When he was around 6, his father bought a large, drafty old farm house for the bargain price of $900, due to the fact that it was slated for demolition for a new highway on the west side of town. The house was moved up the hill, and the first thing Ted and his brother Duane did after moving in, was to hand-dig a cellar under the house. It took months to finish, but it proved to be a real life saver when a tornado ripped through town a few years later. The house had no indoor plumbing, but the outhouse did have two seats. (The seat on the left pinched) Ted's mom cooked all their meals on a cast iron stove, using corn cobs for fuel. They grew all their own food in a huge garden, and raised chickens too. The family was so poor they weren't even aware how poor they were. The entire time he lived in Nebraska, the family never once ate in a restaurant. His Dad drove a cream truck route for the Pride O'Plains creamery, taking along a rifle every day in case he spotted a pheasant to bring home for dinner. The creamery went out of business when Ted was a teenager. So the family moved to California where his Dad got a good job at Kaiser Steel, but Ted decided to stayed behind to graduate from Tekamah High School with the same group of 30 kids that he had started Kindergarten with. After graduation, Ted's Dad came and drove him to California, and before long Ted found work at a WebTex Adhesives, otherwise known as the "glue factory". He was such a good worker that the plant manager soon moved him into the laboratory and encouraged him to attend college and study chemistry. Within a few years, Ted was working in the advanced materials laboratory at Rockwell Space Division, formulating and testing the adhesives and ablative materials that went into the heat shield for the Apollo spacecraft. Over the years his chemical analysis expertise branched out from adhesives to electroplating, metallography, precious metals, and microchip manufacturing at North American Rockwell Autonetics, NCR, Burroughs, and Teledyne Ryan Electronics. He then switched gears and worked at Kimberly-Clark Formulabs developing and testing all types of ball point pen, printer, and ink jet inks. He took great pride in his career as a chemist, knowing that if he had stayed behind in Nebraska he would probably have ended up working as a farm hand. Ted's first hobby after coming to California was scuba diving. (he loved telling people his shark story). Then a few years later he discovered motorcycles, on any given weekend he could be found dirt biking up and down rocky paths near Poway, and out in the desert. But fishing turned out to be his absolute favorite hobby, he started off fly fishing for trout, then moved into surf fishing for halibut, bass fishing in his float tube, deep sea fishing off San Clemente Island, and catching giant tuna and marlin from panga boats in Baja. He also tied all kinds of dry flies, salt water flies, nymphs and his own invention, the "flymph". And he was especially proud of his hand-wrapped fishing rods. He loved taking his older kids on motorcycle rides in Poway, teaching them all how to pull weeds and grow a nice garden. He also loved to cook his specialties for family get togethers (steak, spaghetti, and small white beans) always seasoned with plenty of onion and garlic. He attended water aerobics classes 6 days a week, he was often the only man in a class full of women, which made it all the more fun when he started splashing people. He was a diehard San Diego Chargers fan & never gave up on them through thick and thin. He loved cheering on his son Ted in marching band at Rancho Buena Vista High School and UCLA. He was the proudest Dad in the stands and made sure everyone knew which of the trumpet players was his son. Ted never threw away anything that might be useful some day away especially if it had a happy memory or story attached with it, such as his Yamaha 250 motorcycle which he considered an old friend. He had a special fondness for eating raw onions. And his old fashioned oatmeal was the best! He also loved going to the swap meet, where haggled for old monkey wrenches to add to his collection. His favorite family vacations were camping trips, and he made sure to always pick camp sites near the water so he could fish. Ted made many friends over the years, and once he made a friend, he was a friend for life. He was always cheerful and friendly with everyone he'd meet, and was always easy to talk to. Thank you to everybody he befriended over the years.

Mr Clyde "Ted" Reinert

November 30, 1939 - January 24, 2015