Thelma Madelene (Beebe) Tatgenhorst (2015)

BEEBE, FENCETEMAKER, KRITENBRINK, MANGIARACINA, SCOTT, SNOW, SULLIVAN, TATGENHORST

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 7/11/2015 at 18:12:41

Ochiltree Funeral Service
Winterset, Iowa
July 2015

Thelma Tatgenhorst, Winterset
November 2, 1920 - July 9, 2015

Thelma M. Tatgenhorst, 94, of Winterset, died Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the West Bridge Care and Rehab in Winterset.

A visitation will be held 10 to 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 14 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with a graveside service to immediately follow in the Lorimor Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Grace Baptist Church of Winterset.

Thelma Madelene Beebe was born November 2, 1920 in Indiana; the daughter of Chester and Marie (Fencetemaker) Beebe. She married George Tatgenhorst and they resided in California until his death.

Thelma was a seamstress in Hollywood for a time, making clothes for movie stars, including John Wayne. Once she moved back to Iowa, she came to know her Lord and Savior while working at the Meyer residence as a companion and caretaker. Thelma was a classy lady; always the life of the party and the belle of the ball.

She is survived by her daughters, Jackie (Bill) Snow; Cindy (Dewey) Scott; step sister Ardis (Jim) Sullivan of Grand River, IA; sister in law Vella Beebe; nieces, nephews, other relatives, and a host of friends, including her special friend, Carol Conard.

Thelma was preceded in death by her parents; step-father, Herman Kritenbrink; her husband, George; son, Robert Mangiaracina; brothers, Robert Beebe; Roland (LaVonne)Beebe; and a stepbrother, Herman (Maria) Kritenbrink, Jr.

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