Memorial services for Kevin Vincent Teed were held at Berger Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday January 6th. It was a fitting venue for the Tucsonan whose overriding passion in life was for the Performing Arts.

Teeds most recent credits were as producer and director of "Middle Aged White Guys", a comedy by Jane Martin, in November of this past year. He was involved with numerous productions with the once flourishing Tucson company, the A.K.A. Theater. "Cowboy Mouth" by Sam Shepard, "In the Boom Boom Room" by David Rabe, "Salome" by Oscar Wilde are to name but a few. Teed also played Sheriff Jack Silverwood at Old Tucson Studios.

	Best of all he loved the fall The leaves yellow on the cottonwoods Leaves floating on the trout streams and above the hills The high blue windless skies ...Now he will be a part of them forever. Ernest Hemingway "Idaho" 1939

Over 300 family, friends and colleagues attended the service. Many shared anecdotes and stories about Kevin's uncommon personality. "Kevin was a most generous human being, especially with the focus that he gave to others. In his life and his performance, he was unrestrained." said Kitty McKay, a fellow actor. Teachers from Wright Elementary School shared about Kevin's' participation in the Screen Actors Guilds' BookPAL Program; "The kids were totally awed by Kevin. They loved him very, very much. He was full of life and that is the best gift he could have given to my students, the joy of life, and that will never, never pass. Thank you for Kevin."

Lucky Hayes, President of the Arizona Branch of the Screen Actors Guild had this to say: "Kevin was one of the most down to earth, delightful and supportive men I've ever met. He had a way of connecting with people that was extraordinary. He had a gift for bringing books alive for children. Not everybody has this gift or the will to go into classrooms and do what he did. He brought something special to their lives."

Phyliss Boyd, owner of Action Talent Agency in Tucson cherished her professional relationship with Kevin: "Only the good die young. Somehow God seems to take them from us early. Everyone who met him liked him, I mean everyone. He was a chameleon by nature, knowing exactly what someone needed. He was a little rebel and a little bit judge. God threw away the mold after Kevin."

The service was brought to a close with a videotaped performance of Kevin as the Ringmaster in "Cirque de Shakespeare". He took his final bow and said "Goodnight." Goodnight, Kevin. And thank you. You will be missed.