TECTOR, Joan (Rithmiller) 1934-2013

TECTOR, RITHMILLER, MORSE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/24/2013 at 23:30:27

Joan Tector

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Joan Tector, 78, of Charles City died Sunday, June 23, 2013, at the 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home.

Arrangements are pending with the Hauser Funeral Home, in Charles City, 641-228-2323, www.hauserfh.com .

Source: Charles City Press, June 24, 2013
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Joan Tector, 78, of Charles City, died Sunday, June 23, 2013, at the 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home.

Memorial services for Joan Tector will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Charles City. Mr. Dennis Brock will officiate.

Family will greet friends an hour prior to the service.

The Hauser Funeral Home, 641-228-2323, in Charles City, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family at hauserfh.com.

Charles City Press, June 25, 2013
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Joan Tector

Charles City, Iowa — Joan Tector, 78, of Charles City, Iowa, died Sunday, June 23, 2013, at the 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home.

Memorial services for Joan Tector will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Mr. Dennis Brock will officiate.

Family will greet friends an hour prior to the service.

Mary Joan Rithmiller Tector was born September 13, 1934, at Chicago, Ill., the daughter of John and Mary Frances (Morse) Rithmiller. She graduated from Maine Township in Park Ridge, Ill., and took nurses training at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. On August 27, 1955, she was united in marriage to Richard Tector at Park Ridge. They moved to Charles City in 1959.

Joan was employed at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital from 1959 to 1994 primarily in the Emergency Department, where she will be remembered for her loving care of others during their difficult times. She became one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1957 and served as a full-time minister since 1960.

Joan loved teaching others the Bible and sharing her faith. She enjoyed her nursing profession and used her skills in the first-aid department at conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Kingdom Hall building projects throughout the years.

Joan and Dick loved their many travels with fellow Witnesses. They left a trail of friends worldwide, not the least of whom were their workmates in the Honduras.

Joan liked to play the piano and the organ and loved her garden. She was known for her tireless energy and always-ready hospitality, and her willingness to put the needs of others ahead of her own.

Joan will be very much missed by her husband, her family and many, many wonderful friends.

Living family members include her husband, Richard of Charles City; sister, Jean Wescott of Belle Haven, Va.; sister-in-law, Kitty Tector of Manitowoc, Wisc; and nieces and nephews, Kevin Tector, Denise Tector-Rutherford, Kariann Thon, Michelle Maclay Herndon and Nathaniel Wescott.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

The Hauser Funeral Home, 641-228-2323, in Charles City, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.hauserfh.com.

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, June 26, 2013