TED JEFFERSON JG

A LOCAL SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND FORMER K.S.C.O. RADIO SHOW HOST PASSED AWAY LATE LAST WEEK. 69 YEAR OLD TED JEFFERSON, DIED OF A STROKE AT DOMINICAN HOSPITAL IN SANTA CRUZ. JEFFERSON TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL LOCALLY IN BEN LOMOND AND SANTA CRUZ, HOSTED THE SHOW ?THE PEOPLE?S PLACE? FOR 9 YEARS AT K.S.C.O. AND SERVED AS BOARD MEMBER AND PRESIDENT WITH THE SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK IN WATSONVILLE. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA?IS OF SANTA CRUZ, AND SERVED AS AN ELDER OF BARRIOS UNIDOS. HE WAS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, HIS MOTHER, 4 SONS, 6 DAUGHTERS, 1 SISTER, 7 GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. A FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE 2 P.M. MONDAY AT SANTA CRUZ MEMORIAL PARK AND FUNERAL HOME ON OCEAN STREET IN SANTA CRUZ.