Tiedeman, Anna (Mrs. Donald Dewain) 1934-2022

TIEDEMAN, TILSTRA, BAKKER

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting (email)
Date: 7/22/2022 at 18:19:34

Mrs. Anna Tiedeman, age 88, of Hull, passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Riverview Ridge Assisted Living in Rock Valley.

A visitation with the family present will be held on Monday, July 25, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Hull. There will be a funeral service on Tuesday, July 26, at 10:30am, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in George, with the Rev. M. David Chambers officiating. Following a time of lunch and fellowship, interment will take place at the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery near Hull. The Oolman Funeral Home in Hull is in charge of arrangements.

Anna was born on March 18, 1934, in Shindler, South Dakota, the youngest of five children born to Pete and Ada (Tilstra) Bakker. At a young age, her family moved to New Jersey so her father could work as a dairyman. In 1939, following the tragic death of her father in a tractor accident, the family moved to Iowa where they lived with Ada’s parents before settling at Alvord, where Anna attended country school.

As a young woman, Anna moved to Rock Rapids for work and met Donald Dewain Tiedeman. They were united in marriage on December 12, 1952, in Alvord. Together they settled on a farm north of Hull, where she enjoyed helping Don on the farm, milking cows, and whatever other chores needed to be done, as well as cleaning homes for other area families. While raising their own family, Anna and Don experienced the loss of two children, Connie, who was born with spina bifida and lived to be 8-months old; and Arwin, after he contracted spinal meningitis at the age of two.

Don and Anna retired into Hull in 2002, and spent many winters together in Mesa, Arizona, before moving to Aspen Heights Assisted Living in Hull, in 2014. Don passed away on October 10, 2014, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after more than 61 years of marriage. Anna remained at Aspen Heights until moving to Whispering Heights, and later to Riverview Ridge Assisted Living, both in Rock Valley.

Mrs. Tiedeman was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church near Hull, where in earlier years she participated in a women’s Bible study. More recently, she enjoyed attended a monthly Christian women’s group with her sister. She loved conversing over the phone, and spending time with friends and family, especially her grandchildren. She also liked to do handwork, crocheting numerous baby blankets and hankies.

Survivors include her four children, Glen Tiedeman, of Cedar Rapids; Diane, and her husband, Doug Van Voorst, of Shell Knob, Missouri; Darwin Tiedeman, and his wife, Lorna, of Boyden; and Darryl Tiedeman, and his special friend, Jana Hardie Hanssen, of Sioux Falls; fourteen grandchildren, Michelle Tiedeman; Troy Tiedeman, and his wife, Christine; Jessica, and her husband, Craig Finzel; Jeremy Van Voorst, and his wife, Jamie; Nicholas Van Voorst, and his wife, Tosha; Amanda, and her husband, Brian Archer; Kristen, and her husband, Steven Eiland; Eric Tiedeman; Kelly Konz, and his wife, Samantha; Michael Tiedeman, and his wife, Kayla; Justin Tiedeman; Amber, and her husband, Jeremy Hoiland; Tyler Tiedeman; and Nicole Tiedeman; 26 great-grandchildren; a sister, Katheron Middle, of Rock Valley; and three sisters-in-law, Evelyn Bakker, of Sioux Center; Martia Tiedeman, of Lake Benton, Minnesota; and Shirley Winter, of Boyden.

In addition to her parents, husband, daughter, and son, she was preceded in death by a great-grandson, Landon Tiedeman; three brothers, Raymond Bakker, and his wife, Bertha; Gerrit Bakker, and his wife, Joyce; and Syrus Bakker; five brothers-in-law, George Middle; Bernie Bakker; Delmar Tiedeman; Lanny Winter; and Wayne Kruse; and a sister-in-law and her husband, Eldoris and Artie Dykstra.

Memorials may be given to the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.