Tiedemann, Claudelle (Miller) 1937 - 2014

TIEDEMANN, MILLER, WITT, HAINLINE, CAMPOS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 10/24/2014 at 12:56:28

DES MOINES - Memorial services for Claudelle Tiedemann of Des Moines, Iowa will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 at Hamilton's Funeral Home on Westown Parkway in West Des Moines.

Claudelle, 77, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014.

Claudelle Tiedemann was born in Mason City, Iowa, was adopted as an infant by Claud and Stella Miller of Cresco, where she and her two brothers, Jim and Steve, attended St. Joseph Elementary School. After graduating from high school at Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy in Mankato, Minn., and years of college, she enjoyed a teaching career in Minnesota and Iowa Schools, as well as family life with her husband, Bill Tiedemann, and two daughters, Laura and Kristin.

From 1975 to 1990 she was a stay-at-home mom with occasional part-time jobs managing a Dairy Queen and as a G.E.D. examiner. After Bill was injured while on his job as a stationary engineer at Mercy Hospital, Claudelle was hired in 1990 by the Des Moines Public Schools to facilitate a State Early Childhood Grant Program called Parents as Teachers.

In 1994, Claudelle found her birth family and met her half-sister, Dorothy Witt, of Mason City, Iowa, a joyous reunion.

She retired from teaching in 2000 to care for her husband who passed away in 2001. In 2009, her 31-year-old daughter, Laura, died leaving two sons, William age four and Benjamin age two. They now live with their father, Jason Hainline in Missouri. Claudelle volunteered once a week with 3rd grade and kindergarten classes at Martensdale St. Marys. Kristin married Andres Campos; they have a 10-year-old daughter, Marie, and live in Minooka, Ill.

Claudelle enjoyed reading, music, cooking and baking, water aerobics, crocheting, playing Cribbage with her brother, Steve, who lives just five blocks away, and spending time with family and friends including her new friends at Fort Des Moines Senior Housing.

Source: Cresco Times Oct. 21, 2014

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