OBITUARY: Russell Taets, 1927-2005, Osage & St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa 

Original version posted on www.mcpress.com - July 13, 2005




                             Russell Taets

A Memorial Mass for Russell Taets, age 77, Osage was held Friday, July 8,
2005, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage. The Rev. Mark Reasoner
officiated.

Inurnment was in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Osage. Russell died Tuesday,
July 5, 2005, at Mitchell County Regional Health Center-Hospice Unit in
Osage.

Russell Taets was born on December 31, 1927, in rural St. Ansgar, Iowa, the
son of Mel and Ida (Boerjan) Taets.

He married Jean Kleespies on November 14, 1951, at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Osage. They farmed on the family farm, retiring and moving to
Osage in 1989.

Russell raised and showed purebred Duroc hogs. He also worked for the ASCS
as a field man. Russell served on the Mitchell County Cattlemen's Association
Board, was a 4-H leader, a member of the Knights of Columbus , and a life
long member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Russell was preceded in death by his parents and one brother Francis at birth.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife Jean Taets of Osage; three children
Mark Taets and wife Janet of Osage; Ann Phelps and husband Gary of Titonka;
Loren Taets and wife Carrie of Osage; 11 grandchildren Scott Taets of Osage;
Wayne Taets of Osage; Matthew Taets of Germany; Andrew Taets of Ames; Libby
Taets of Cedar Falls; Justine Phelps of Cedar Falls; Tyler Phelps of
Titonka; Shelbi, Maci, Trevor and Emmi Taets all of Osage; two great-
grandchildren: Thurston and Desmund Taets of Osage; two sisters Florence
Flynn of Payson, Arizona; Mary Halverson of Osage; one brother George Taets
and wife Kay of Osage and 19 nieces and nephews.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage was in charge of arrangements.



                    Copyright 2005, K. L. Kittleson