Tayek, Edwin A. 1908 - 1995

TAYEK, SAACKS, WHITE, CURTIN, SHEPPERD, ONEILL, MOSES, HOUG

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 10/28/2014 at 10:02:58

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Sat., 8 Apr. 1995.

McGregor- Edwin A. Tayek, 86, died Thursday, April 6, 1995, in Veterans Memorial Hospital. Waukon, after a lengthy illness. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Monona. Burial: Monona City Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Schultz's Funeral Home, Monona, where there will be a Scripture service at 7:45 and rosary at 8 p.m.

Survivors include his wife, Alice; three sons, Jerry and wife Fara of Monona, Robert of McGregor and Jim and wife Janet of McGregor; a daughter, Joyce and husband Robert Saacks of Farmersburg; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three stepdaughters, Marie White of Rensselaer, Ind., Kate Curtin of Waukon and Meg Shepperd of Waterville; three stepsons, Ed O'Neill of Vinton and Frank and Tom O'Neill, both of Waukon; 19 stepgrandchildren and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Lillian; and a brother.

Born Aug. 2, 1908, in Giard Township, Clayton County, a son of Joseph and Katherine Moses Tayek, he received his education in Cooper Valley Country School. On Aug. 24, 1938, he married Lillian Houg at St. Mary's Catholic Church, McGregor. She died Nov. 9, 1971. He married Alice O'Neill on March 18, 1978, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Waukon. Edwin was active in farming. He loved nature and enjoyed pheasant hunting with his boys. He never missed a season in 60 years.