TEGTMEIER, Paul R. 1934-2010

TEGTMEIER, TRETTIN, HESSE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/12/2010 at 11:37:56

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Paul R. Tegtmeier

ROCKFORD, IOWA - Paul R. Tegtmeier, 76, of Rockford died on Friday, June 11, 2010, at Hospice of North Iowa, Mason City, of complications from diabetes.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, at Zion Lutheran Church, 805 E. Main, Rockford, with the Rev. Patricia Shaw officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford with military rites by Walker-Graper American Legion Post No. 338. Those planning on an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Paul R. Tegtmeier Memorial Fund.

Condolences may be shared with the family at www.Fullertonfh.com .

Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 302 West Main, Rockford, 641-756-3311.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette online, Sat., June 12, 2010 ]

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ROCKFORD, IOWA - Paul R. Tegtmeier, 76, of Rockford died Friday (June 11, 2010) at Hospice of North Iowa, Mason City, of complications from diabetes.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, at Zion Lutheran Church, 805 E. Main, Rockford. Officiating will be the Rev. Patricia Shaw.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday with a military service at 7:30 p.m. at the church.
Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, with military rites and flag folding by the Walker-Graper American Legion Post No. 338. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Paul R. Tegtmeier Memorial Fund. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.Fullertonfh.com .

Paul was born May 7, 1934, in Marble Rock to George and Emma (Hesse) Tegtmeier. He graduated from Marble Rock High School in 1952.

On October 27, 1957, Paul married Maxine Mae Trettin at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, west of Osage. To this union were born three sons, Daniel, Rick and Bill. Paul and Maxine started their lives in the Burchinal area and then moved to Rudd. They later moved to a farm south of Rudd, then to several homes in Rockford, before moving for the last time in 1964 to their current home.

Paul served his country in the Marine Corps from June 1954 until his honorable discharge in June 1956. He served in Korea and for a short time in Japan. His work life led him from 12 years at the Oliver plant in Charles City to working at Decker Meat Packing Plant in Mason City, then becoming a millwright and concrete finisher on Interstate 35.

His final work was at Con Agra in the sliced bacon department. After work and weekends he worked with his sons and brothers dismantling barns and using the lumber for other projects, painting houses and farm buildings. Most nights during the week he would return home to take Maxine and the boys fishing at Rock Creek. Often, after the boys went to bed they could hear the clink and ring of Paul playing horseshoes with friends. One of his most favorite pastimes was playing cribbage and 500 with his family and friends.

During a time while laid off from work, he and Jerry Boehmer played cribbage until the first one won 1,000 games. It took "all winter." His personalized license plate "Ole Grump" belied his true soft side. He served on the Rockford Volunteer Fire Department for 14 years and the Rockford Cemetery Board.

Over the years Paul enjoyed fishing, wood working, collecting die-cast tractors, watching the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Vikings and his coffee time with his Rockford "buddies."

Those mourning his death are his wife of 52 years, Maxine; and sons, Daniel and wife, Tori, of Marion, Rick and wife, Sherry, of Urbandale, and Bill of Polk City; grandchildren, Lynette Tegtmeier and fiancé, Ryan Bailey, of Marion, Nate and Eric of Urbandale, Sarah and Seth of Marion, and Bryanna and Brice of Polk City; brother, Irven, and wife, Liz; sister, Lois, and husband, Kenny Fisher, all of Marble Rock; sisters, Thelma, and husband, Dave Nixt, of Greene, Janice and husband, Ken Beznoska, of Rudd, and Marie Nordman, of Mason City; sister-in-law, Marla Tegtmeier, of Marble Rock; brothers-in-law, Jim and wife, Erika Trettin, of Mentor, Ohio, and Steve and wife, Alice Trettin, of Mason City; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

His parents; and brothers, George (Roy) and Allen (Hoppy), and brothers-in-law, Gerald McNamara, Robert Nordman and Bill Shafer preceded Paul in death.

Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Mason City, 641-423-8676. www.Fullertonfh.com

[ Globe Gazette online, June 13, 2010 ]

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