TESCH, Otto William Christian 1901-1982

TESCH, WALK, THORSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/26/2010 at 13:39:00

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Otto W. Tesch
Funeral Held Here
Monday, November 1

Funeral services for Otto W. Tesch, 81 of St. Ansgar, who died Friday, October 29 at the Mitchell County Memorial hospital, Osage, were held Monday, November 1 at First Lutheran church here, with the Rev. Joseph Nesheim officiating.

Otto William Christian Tesch was born August 16, 1901 in Rock township, Mitchell county, the son of Henry and Augusta (Walk) Tesch. He was third in a family of 14 children. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran church, Rock township. He attended the rural school near the family farm, attended Grafton high school, and took a business course at Wartburg Academy in Waverly. For a few years he worked as a carpenter for Herman Dieterich.

September 11, 1928 he married Mildred Thorson. Three daughters were born to them. They were engaged in farming until 1971 when they retired to St. Ansgar.

Mr. Tesch served as a trustee of First Lutheran church here, also as a township trustee, was member of the Newburg No.1 school board and the local creamery board. During the years on the farm he enjoyed the woods and the wildlife found there. In his retirement years, he enjoyed his daily walks uptown to visit with people.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd (Selma) Nack and Mrs. Albert (Elise) Hotkmeyer; five brothers, Lawrence, Sigfried, Julius, Oscar and Walter.

He is survived by his wife, Mildred of St. Ansgar; three daughters, Mrs. Reginald (June) Torrison of Rosemount, Minn., Mrs. Richard (Joyce) Jaspers of Greene and Mrs. Gerald (Joanne) Ortman, Munster, Indiana; six grandchildren, Jeffrey, Jerry and Jill Torrison; Lori, Scott and Brian Jaspers; one sister, Mrs. Carl (Esther) Nack of Osage; five brothers, Arthur and Edwin of Osage; Clarence of El Reno, Okla.; Rueben of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas; and Harold of Victoria, Texas.

Burial was in First Lutheran cemetery here, with Rev. Nesheim in charge of committal services.

Submitted to IaGenWeb by Betty Lou Franks - 2005

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NOTE: According to the Social Sec. Death Index,
OTTO TESCH was born 16 Aug 1901, and died in Oct 1982, age 81, residence was ZIP code 50472 (Saint Ansgar, Mitchell, IA); SSN: Iowa 482-44-3708.

NOTE: His wife, Mildred, died in April 1983. She was born Feb. 3, 1906. (SSDI)

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Photo of Otto W. and Mildred Tesch, from 1978 First Lutheran Church Membership Directory.

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