A former chief sub-editor and passionate conservationist has died aged 70 following a lengthy battle with leukaemia.

Ted Jury, left, designed news pages at the then Coventry Evening Telegraph for 33 years until his retirement in 2000.

Outside of work, he was a dedicated volunteer at a local nature centre, a keen bird-watcher, former secretary of Coventry Cage Bird Society and former president of a local dog training club.

Coventry Telegraph deputy editor Charles Barker said: “Ted joined the Telegraph in 1967.

“Generations of journalists who passed through the Telegraph have reason to be grateful to Ted, who taught them everything they learned.

“He was a hard taskmaster and a great bloke, and he’ll be missed.”

His wife of 48 years Sandy said: “As a child he lived in Devon and in those days you spent a lot of time outside climbing trees.

“He just loved nature from an early age. He was just everybody’s friend, he would help anybody, any time. He also had the great pleasure of his grandchildren.”

Ted, who died last Thursday, is survived by his wife Sandy, four daughters and eight grandchildren.

Comments

Graham Andrews (04/01/2010 19:30:32)
Just read Ted’s obit – amid my sorrow are fond memories of my time at the Telegraph (1967-76). Ted was a Totnes lad and I moved from my Totnes patch on the old South Devon Journal to reporting in Coventry, despite people telling me I was mad to foresake glorious Devon. Ted proved an invaluable buffer for me and we swapped many a tale about life in North and South Devon among the “country bumpkins.” Along with veteran sports and newsman Derek Henderson, who was also on the Telegraph at that time, it ALMOST felt like home from home. Ted was a geniune nice guy.
Graham Andrews
Bideford
Devon