Mrs. PETER (Hildegard F. Tierschel) FOXEN

ARENS, TIERSCHEL, FOXEN, FELTON, HEYING

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 5/14/2003 at 13:55:40

Hildegard F. Foxen

Telegraph Herald - Sunday, April 27, 2003

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Hildegard F. Foxen, 91, of Dyersville, died Friday, April 25, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dyersville, after a brief illness.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Ed Petty officiating. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish rosary at 4 p.m.

Hildegard Tierschel was born on May 31, 1911, in Dyersville, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Arens) Tierschel.

On Oct. 22, 1935, she married Peter Foxen at St. Francis Xavier Basilica. Together, they farmed in the Dyersville area for many years, until they retired and move to town in 1981. Mr. Foxen preceded her in death on Sept. 28, 1992.

Surviving are two daughters, Agnes (Fred) Felton, of Cascade, and Dorothy Foxen, of Dyersville; and three grandchildren, Wayne, Allen and Linda Felton.

She also was preceded in death by two brothers, Lawrence and Herbert Tierschel; and a sister, Lucille Heying.