Friends of Milton Edward "Ted" Bacon are invited to an open house at the Jubilee Ranch residence in Carson Valley 3-7 p.m. Dec, 11.
Mr. Bacon died Nov. 23, 2010, in a tragic automobile accident in Southern California. He was 83.
He was born March 7, 1927, in Pasadena, Calif.
He attended Polytechnic School in Pasadena, Culver Military Academy and University of Colorado at Boulder.
For the past 60 years, Mr. Bacon was engaged in cattle ranching in the Carson Valley.
A passionate automobile historian and collector, he served as a judge at several venerable Concours d'Elegance, most notably Hillsborough, and, for 39 consecutive years, at Pebble Beach, Calif.
He was a founding director of the National Automobile Museum - The Harrah Collection in Reno.
Mr. Bacon served as a trustee of the Santa Catalina School in Monterey, Calif., as well as the Citizens' Advisory Board of the University of Nevada, Reno, Medical School.
He supported the Boy Scouts of America and the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco and was a member of the Bohemian Club and St. Francis Yacht Club of San Francisco.
A pilot for more than 50 years and a lover of wooden boats, Mr. Bacon kept a classic boat on Lake Tahoe for many years. He was an enthusiastic sailor, participating in four Trans-Pac races in the 1950s.
A lifelong Republican, Mr. Bacon served as Douglas County chairman for 12 years.
He is survived by his wife Lee, son Ned, daughter Kate, and four grandchildren, Taylor, Sheila, and Wells Phinny, and Emily Bacon.
