Marie Theresa Tieskoetter
Marie Theresa Tieskoetter, 92, of Ossian, Iowa died Friday, May 15, 2015 at Ossian Senior Hospice, Ossian, Iowa. She was born on January 17, 1923 to Albert and Helen (Ruzicka) Shindelar in Calmar, Iowa. Marie was baptized on January 19, 1923 in Calmar, Iowa. She graduated from Calmar High School.
Marie was united in marriage with Paul Tieskoetter on June 25, 1945 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa. Ten children were born to this union.
Marie worked as a nanny in Chicago, Illinois in her younger years. She was a homemaker for her family on the farm east of Ossian. She was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and Rosary Society in Ossian and also a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She enjoyed playing cards, games of chance, sewing, painting, gardening and traveling. Most of all, she enjoyed playing with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.