Tschirki, Anna Mildred (1913-2013)
TSCHIRKI, HAGEN, BURSETH, NEDVED, ANDERSON, THORSON
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 4/3/2013 at 21:57:02
Anna Mildred Tschirki
March 12, 1913 - March 15, 2013FOREST CITY - Anna "Millie" Tschirki, 100, of Forest City, died on Friday, March 15, 2013, at the Westview Care Center in Britt.
Anna Mildred Tschirki, the daughter of Gus and Ida (Burseth) Hagen, was born on March 12, 1913, on a farm near Forest City. She attended Forest City Community Schools and helped her family and neighbors on the farm. Later on, she moved to town and worked at a restaurant.
On December 16, 1933, she married Christian Julius Tschirki at the Lutheran Church parsonage in Forest City. They farmed in the Hayfield area until 1972 when they moved into Forest City. Millie helped serve for some special events at Waldorf College and worked at The Doughnut Shop on Main Street in Forest City with her sister, Violet, and at the Forest City school cafeteria. She enjoyed crocheting, baking, gardening, shopping, playing cards, and dancing.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Forest City, the UMW, the Forest City Senior Citizens, and several card clubs.
Millie is survived by her two children, Donna Nedved, of Britt, and Robert (Mandy) Tschirki, of Denver, Colorado; six grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Christian, in 1985; her parents; her son-in-law, Don Nedved; three sisters, Gladys Anderson, Violet Tschirki, and Alice Thorson; and a brother, Gordon Hagen.
Millie and Christian enjoyed and loved their family very much and always supported and encouraged their endeavors. Millie will be well remembered by her relatives and friends.
Memorial services will be held at 1:30 P.M., Monday, March 18, 2013, at the United Methodist Church in Forest City with Rev. Jerald Swanberg and Rev. Robert Dodge officiating. Inurnment will be in Madison Township Cemetery in Forest City. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church. The Petersen Lund Funeral Home in Forest City is in charge of the arrangements.
Memorials may be directed to the Anna "Millie" Tschirki Memorial Fund and may be sent in care of the Petersen Lund Funeral Home 505 N. Clark St., Forest City, Iowa 50436.
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