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TEACH, Agnes (Tilstra) 1938-2013

TEACH, TILSTRA

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 10/31/2013 at 00:30:09

Agnes Teach, 76

Agnes Teach, 76, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in Watertown, S.D. Services were Oct. 31 at Canton United Methodist Church with burial at Forest Hill Cemetery near Canton.

Agnes Janet Teach was born April 11, 1938, in Doon, Iowa, to Dick and Crisena Tilstra. Agnes grew up near Fairview, S.D. She graduated from Inwood High School in 1956. She then travelled to Elgin, Illinois, where she lived with relatives while working at a watch factory. After returning to Fairview, Agnes met and married Orlando E. Teach. They raised their family in the Canton area, settling near Newton Hills.

After the death of her husband, Agnes worked as a housekeeper for Watertown Country Inn. She retired in Canton then moved in 2009 to Sunnycrest Apartments in Sioux Falls, S.D. In June 2010, Agnes moved into the Sioux Falls Good Samaritan Village.

Agnes is survived by two sons, Alan (Susie) Teach of Inwood, Iowa, and Brian of Minneapolis, Minn.; two daughters, Gail (Jeff) Burden of Loganville, Ga., and Sherry (Curt) Crawford of Watertown, S.D.; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ronald (Sally) Tilstra of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Richard (Carol) Tilstra of Hawarden, Iowa; six sisters, Dianna Liston of Alcester,S.D., Loretta (Kenneth) Hillrichs of Akron, Iowa, Connie (William) Satter of Akron, Iowa, Rosella (Leonard) Van Muyden of Hawarden, Iowa, Delores (Harvard) Voetburg; and Joanne (John) Degen of Hawarden, Iowa.

Agnes was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Geraldine Ragels; brother, Bill Tilstra; husband, Orlando Teach; and son, Orlan Teach.

Source: Lyon County Reporter, 10/30/2013


 

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