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Julius Theodore Arenberg, Jr. “Ted” died Saturday, December 12, 2020, 97, in Geneva, Illinois.

Ted was born in Chicago, Illinois, May 29, 1923 to Julius Theodore Arenberg, Sr. and Ellen (Foran) Arenberg. He had three brothers Floyd, William and Daniel (Arlene), and one sister, Dolores (George) Ingstad, who all predeceased him. He attended Bateman Elementary School, Roosevelt High School and the University of Illinois where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science in accounting. He served as supply officer on the DE 369, USS Thaddeus Parker in the United States Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater and achieved the rank of Lieutenant, JG.

In 1948 he married Jean Elizabeth Young, who predeceased him; they were married for 66 years. They had six children who survive him, Bo (William), Thomas (Diane), Mary (George Schroeder), James (Kim), Michael, and Douglas (Karen Chapel). He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Elizabeth (Nick Metcalf), Molly Dunn (Katie), Sally (Alex Casella), Carl Schroeder, Emma Schroeder (Erik Arntson), Nicholas (Maren Legeros), Clark and Brett; and two great-grandchildren, Dashiell and Maisie Metcalf. He is also survived by his sister-in-law Lorraine. He put every one of his children through college, some through graduate school, and two through medical school, with no debt, other than the gratitude we all feel to this day.

He and Jean built a house in Lombard, Illinois, where he served as President of the Board of Education and volunteered at Junior Achievement. They lived in Lombard until 1966 when a growing family called them to build a larger home in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.  He and Jean subsequently lived in St. Charles, Illinois and Orlando, Florida.

He was a Certified Public Accountant, joining Arthur Andersen & Company’s Chicago office in 1947, where he became a Partner. He led the Financial Services Industry Practices group at AA&Co, as well as serving on various committees for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He retired in 1985 after thirty-eight years.

He was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity at the University of Illinois. An avid golfer, he was a member of the St. Charles Country Club, and the Bay Hill and Isleworth Country Clubs in Orlando, where he served on the Board of Bay Hill Homeowner’s Association. He served as a Director of the Western Golf Association (WGA) and was very proud of the Evans Scholarships awarded annually that enabled full college educations.

He and Jean enjoyed traveling and it is more than can be reasonably fit in this moment to list all the places they saw together.  He continued to do crossword puzzles until last year and played bridge until 3 days before he died. He continued to enjoy a remarkable quality of life until the day he died including designing his own Lotus spread sheets.  He was a lifelong Cubs and Bears fan and closely followed sports at his alma mater.

He had a playful side even though he was very serious and he could be impatient, but he taught all of his children and grandchildren, through lived example, how to respect others, value hard work and never give up on something if you believed in it. Among the things that we all learned from him was our love of extended family.

It is impossible to contain in this notice the stature of our father — in our eyes, the eyes of his friends and in the world which he helped to grow and change. We are bereft and will miss him every day, as we do his wife and our mother, Jean. A good life, well-lived with honesty and integrity; a good death, at peace with himself, his family and his God.

Thank you for everything Dad.

In lieu of flowers, Memorial gifts can be directed to The Evans Scholars Foundation in Memory of JT Arenberg Jr.  https://wgaesf.org/content/memorials-and-honorariums  .

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