Ted Tyler’s obituary began “Ted Tyler’s great and generous heart stopped beating on Saturday June 9, 2007.” A third generation member of the Tyler family to live on Grand Avenue in Pasadena, his life was a model of commitment to family, friends and community. As is often the case with a long time devoted couple, his wife of 67 years, Rosemary Tyler, passed away just a few months later in October.

Both Ted and Rosemary were extremely active in civic life so it seemed fitting that their memorial fund be set up at the Pasadena Community Foundation to benefit the community which they loved.

Friends and family contributed to this advised fund; the family will decide how to distribute the gifts for charitable purposes.

Thirteen-year-old Bobby saw his Bar Mitzvah as an opportunity to do something good for the community, particularly for after school programs in the Pasadena Unified School District. Friends and family made contributions to the Mitzvah Fund, a donor advised fund established at the Pasadena Community Foundation. PCF staff will work with Bobby to make grants to organizations providing after school enrichment for disadvantaged children. Since Mitzvah means “good deed” in Hebrew, it seemed only natural to Bobby that gifts given in his honor for his Bar Mitzvah should go into a fund to do good for others.

Before the onset of Alzheimer’s, Ray Ealy remembers his mother as an active woman who always visited the sick and gave of her time to others in need. He and his wife, Charmayne wanted to honor Ray’s mother and pass her values on to their son. So they established a Donor Advised Fund with the Pasadena Community Foundation and named it after Ray’s mother, Lily Ruth. Ray and Charmayne as well as friends and family have made contributions to the fund. Their son, Aaron, age nine will participate in making grants from the fund to charitable causes.