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TAETS, Mel 1891-1958

TAETS, BOERJAN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/20/2010 at 21:43:21

Mel Taets, 67, Dies at Osage; Rites Monday

OSAGE, IOWA — Mel Taets, 67, died Friday evening at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. He
had been ill with cancer and had been hospitalized many times. Funeral services will be Monday at 10 a.m., at the Sacred Heart Church, Osage, with burial in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. The Rosary will be said Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Champion Funeral Home.

Born in Belgium, October 4, 1891, to Bruno and Theresa Taets, he came to this country at age 19. He was married to Ida Boerjan, in June, 1919. They lived near Plymouth then in the vicinity of St. Ansgar and had lived near Osage for many years.

Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Avery Halverson, St. Ansgar; Mrs. Jack Flint, Great Falls, Montana; two sons, Russell and George, Osage; nine grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Louise Engels, Rockford; five brothers, Rene, Riceville; Emil, Annawan, Illinois; Alois, Erie, Illinois; and Teophiel and Clement, Belgium.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette, Saturday, October 25, 1958]

NOTE:
The Sacred Heart Cemetery lsiting shows:
Taets, Mell b: 1891, d: 24 Oct 1958, age 67


 

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