MINNEOLA - Elwyn Leslie Tedford, 86, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. He was born September 3, 1933, in Minneola, Kansas, to Frank L. and Leona M. Tedford.

He attended Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas, graduating in 1955. Afterward he received a Masters of Divinity from Pittsburgh Zenia Theological Seminary where he met his wife Marilyn. They were married in 1958. As the top graduate in his class he received a full scholarship to study for one year in Edinburgh, Scotland.

He was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA in Stafford, Kansas. He continued his studies in Manchester, England. He pastored churches in Kansas, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. After retiring in Colorado, he served in prison ministry with Kairos of Colorado. This he thoroughly loved and felt that he was having a great impact on people's lives. His favorite song to teach the prisoners was the children's song "Pharaoh, Pharaoh". In 2019 he moved to Annandale, Virginia to be with his son Kris.

He is survived by a son Kris and his wife Elena, a daughter Lynne, a grandson Nathan, a sister Sheryl and her husband Tim, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Marjorie, and his wife Marilyn.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 4, 2020 at Minneola Community Church with Pastor Shawn Leach officiating. Burial will follow in the Appleton Township Cemetery, Minneola.

The family suggests memorials to Kairos of Colorado in care of Minnis Mortuary, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.