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TEHEL, Margaret L. (Lewis) 1925-2008

TEHEL, JOHNSON, LEWIS, PEATOW, FLOOD, REYNARD

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 12/5/2011 at 02:07:10

Margaret L. Lewis Tehel, age 83, of Waterloo, and formerly of Harpers Ferry, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at her daughter’s home in Waterloo of cancer.

She was born February 8, 1925 in Grundy County, Iowa, the daughter of Frederick William and Ruth (Johnston) Peatow and attended Reinbeck Schools.

Margaret was united in marriage with Morran Marvin Lewis on June 27, 1944 in Reinbeck. He preceded her in death on January 25, 1953. She married Ray Tehel on April 13, 1971. He preceded her in death in 1984.

Margaret worked at the Canning Factory in Reinbeck, Santa Claus Industries in Waterloo and also cleaned homes and other domestic work. Margaret moved to Harpers Ferry in the mid 1970’s and returned to Waterloo in 2001. She was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Evansdale and the Harpers Ferry American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed fishing and family gatherings as well as spending time at the Senior Center playing cards and bingo.

Survivors include a daughter, Karen Flood (Johnnie R. Barker) of Waterloo; two sons, Bob (Capi) Lewis of Hudson and Frederick (Gwen) Lewis of Waterloo; eleven grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Lillian Peatow of Cannon Falls, MN.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her two husbands; a son, Marvin Lewis; a brother, Frederick W. Peatow, a sister, Ruth A. Reynard and a brother-in-law, Richard Reynard.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, November 21, 2008 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Evansdale with burial in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Thursday at the Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel and after 10:00 A.M. Friday at the Church.

Memorials may be directed to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 4031 Lafayette Rd., Evansdale, IA 50707 or Cedar Valley Hospice, PO Box 2880, Waterloo, Iowa 50704

[Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Obituary]


 

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