Loren Gene Teggatz, 14 Oct 1934 - 27 Oct 1998

TEGGATZ, FAAS, PARROTT, MCKEE, SVEJDA, WHITING

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Date: 4/12/2022 at 14:21:32

Loren Gene Teggatz, 64, 0f 700 Woodside Drive died Tuesday, October 27, 1998 at his home following a long illness with cancer.

Loren G. Teggatz born October 14, 1934 in Conroy, Iowa, the son of Clarence and Edna (Faas) Teggatz. Mr. Teggatz grew up in Williamsburg and graduated from Williamsburg High School. He served in the United States Army from 1956-1958 and was stationed in Germany. He married Ursula Parrott on January 1, 1959 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple made their home in Iowa City. He served on the Iowa City Police Department from 1960 until retiring as a sergeant in 1988. He also owned and operated Loren’s Signs for over 30 Years.

He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, the Eagles Lodge, was active in numerous theatrical productions and had also appeared in films. He particularly enjoyed donating his skills and abilities in wood carving, oil painting and acting for many civic and religious organizations. He also enjoyed dncing and spending time with his family. He was a man of integrity and will be greatly missed.

Loren is survived by his wife, Ursula of Iowa City; two daughters, Roxann Marie McKee, and her husband of Montezuma, Iowa; Renee Therese Svejda and her husband Frank of Cave Creek, Arizona; two sons: Ross Elliot Teggatz and his wife Susan of McKinney, Texas; Rex Marshal Teggatz and his wife Michelle of Richardson, Texas; six grandchildren: Tyler, Katurah, Joshua, Jared, Haley and Matthew. He is also survived by his mother Edna Teggatz of Williamsburg, Iowa; one brother, Myron Teggatz and his wife Sue Ellen of Estes Park, Colorado; one sister, LaVonne Whiting and her husband Fred of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

He was preceded in death by his father, Clarence.

Published by Lensing Funeral Home, an abbreviated version was published in The Gazette on October 28, 1998.

Services were held on Friday, October 30, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, by Rev. Timothy Zimmerman, the Rev. Jonathan Offt, and Chaplain Harold Sheer. Burial: Memory Gardens Cemetery, with military rites. Visitation was Thursday, October 29 from 2 to 8 p.m. at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, Iowa City.

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Policeman Likes to Draw - Painting Mural in Church

Like lots of policemen, Loren G. Teggatz has a second job to go to during his off hours. He’s a sign painter. And when the sign painting business slows down, as it has for him lately, there’s still painting to be done. Teggatz likes to draw and for him it has been a lifelong hobby.

During the past month, he’s been spending a lot of his spare time in the fellowship hall of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, where Teggatz has made a canvas of a large concrete block wall.

His ambitious project, occupying a 48-foot stretch of the wall, is a mural depicting the life of Jesus. Teggatz is donating his time to the local congregation, of which he is a member. The mural includes scenes from Christ’s birth, ministry and death. Teggatz sketched all the scenes a month ago, and now is filling in details on the nativity scene. His materials are enamels and artist’s oils.

“I sort of get a relaxation out of painting,” Teggatz says. “I taught myself to draw and could draw ever since I was a kid.’

Oil painting he learned watching French artists while he was stationed overseas with the armed forces.

His special skill fits in nicely with his career as a policeman. When annual reports for the various city departments are drawn up, the Police Department always has plenty of pictures. Teggatz also designed a coloring book the police pass out to youngsters. And his murals decorate the walls of Police Headquarters.

Teggatz, 38, is a sergeant in the local Police Department.

Published in the Iowa City Press-Citizen on December 9, 1972.