OBITUARY: Edna Mae Tietz, Worth County, Iowa



                        Edna Mae Gallion Tietz

[Northwood Anchor online - www.northwoodanchor.com - May 07, 2002]


Edna Mae Tietz, 91, of Manly, died Wednesday at the Muse Norris Hospice
Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Funeral service was Saturday at Bethel United Methodist Church, Manly, with
the Rev. Robert Cumings officiating.  Interment was at the Manly Cemetery.

Edna was born March 15, 1911 in Cerro Gordo County, the daughter of William
Aaron and Bertha (Cookman) Gallion.  She graduated from Manly High School
in 1928 and attended Mason City Junior College for one year.  Edna taught
in the rural schools for four years before her marriage to Richard Tietz on
Feb. 1, 1933 at her family's home in Manly.  They farmed west of Manly
before moving into town where Edna was a homemaker.  She also worked as a
cook at the Highway Cafe in Manly for six-and-one-half years.  Edna was a
member of Bethel United Methodist Church and a former member of the
Evangelical and Reformed Churches where she was a pianist for many years.
She was a member of the Women's Farm Bureau, the Camera Club, the Friendship
Circle, the Manly Senior Citizens Center, Manly Garden Club, Manly Study
Club and she was a 4-H Leader for over 40 years.

She enjoyed sewing, embroidering, latchhook, ceramics, gardening, candle
wicking, reading and had a great interest in music.

Survivors include five daughters and their spouses, Laura Mae and Robert
Roffman of Postville, IA, Rose Marie and Dale Lamprecht of Charles City,
Darlene and LeRoy Weitzel of Mason City, Janice and Richard Cooper of Nora
Springs, and Linda Ann and Leland Lutzke of Big Lake, MN; 19 grandchildren;
20 great-grandchildren; one sister, Violet Vansteenburg of Manly; two
sisters-in-law, Helen Hartman of St. Ansgar and Nina Tietz of Griswold, IA;
one brother-in-law, Barton Vansteenburg of Battle Lake, MN and many nieces
and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Richard; an infant
twin son, Loren Richard Tietz; one brother, Roy, and three sisters, Lucille,
Mildred, and Hazel.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.)

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