Edwin P. (Ted) Dewing Jr. of Edgartown died peacefully on Feb. 28 at home with his wife Shirley and son Ernie. He was 88.

He was born in Boston on Jan. 22, 1934. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Albany High School in Albany, N.Y. in 1952. He later attended Albany Business College.

On March 9, 1953 he married Shirley Joan Rogers from Colonie, N.Y. After their marriage Ted resided in Watervliet, N.Y. where he played for the American Association of Professional Baseball, and he was a role model for much of the youth of Watervliet for years. Ted and Shirley welcomed four children. He began to coach Little League baseball. He also coached youth basketball and Pop Warner football. He was a member, elder and choir singer at the Jermain Presbyterian Church.

In 1974, he moved to East Greenbush, N.Y., where he continued to coach girls’ softball and Babe Ruth baseball. At this time, he became president of Ed Dewing Inc., a wholesale seafood company. He was also a member of the New York Mayflower Society.

In 1990, Ted and Shirley moved to Chappaquiddick. He worked at the Harborside Inn and sang in the Federated Church choir and Island Community Chorus. He continued to coach Little League and Boys & Girls Club basketball. Living on Chappaquiddick he had more time to do the things he enjoyed such as playing golf, the piano and going fishing. In his later years, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and attended the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living (MVC4L).

Ted was predeceased by his son Edwin P. Dewing 3rd and his parents Edwin P. Dewing and Frances Fletcher Dewing. He is survived by Shirley Rogers Dewing, his wife of 68 years; his children Richard E. Dewing and his wife Rose Mary, Ernest P. (Ernie) Dewing and Pamela D. Waitekus and her husband John; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

A private service will be held at the convenience of the family.

Donations can be sent to Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard at hospiceofmv.org, Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living at mvcenter4living.org; or the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard at animalshelterofmv.org.