Terkel Howard Teilmann Obituary, Ada County, ID
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Terkel Howard Teilmann, 93, of 1505 N. 8th St., Boise, died Thursday, 
Jan. 28, 1988, in a Boise hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at the First 
Church of Christ, 5707 Castle Drive, Boise. Pastors Kenneth Beckman and 
Murray Postle will officiate. Burial will follow in Dry Creek Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Chapel.

Mr. Teilmann was born April 8, 1894 at California Junction, Iowa. He 
grew up in Nebraska and attended schools at Tekamah and Wolbach, Neb., 
then attended Boyles Teacher College in Fremont, Nebraska. He also
attended Sweeney Auto School in Stromsberg, Neb., and worked as a 
mechanic before and after World War 1. Mr Teilmann served in the Army 
during WW1 from Oct. 5, 1917 to May 6, 1919. He began working as a rural 
letter carrier at Wolbach in 1924 and in 1944, transferred to Oakland, 
Calif. as a city carrier.  He married Lucille E. Auten on June 18, 1927, 
at St. Paul, Nebraska. They came to Boise in 1945, and he retired from 
the Postal Service in 1956.

He was a member of The First Church of Christ; the National Letter 
Carriers Association; John Regan Post #2, Amrican Legion; and the 
Hexagon Club.

Survivors include a daughter, Lucille (Mrs. Cecil) Taylor of Boise; a 
son, M. H. "Bud" Teilmann of Hillsboro, Ore.; a sister, Nina Teilmann of 
Omaha, Neb., four grandchildren, Terri (Mrs. Bill) Franks, Tom Teilmann, 
Sandra (Mrs. Mike) Whitney and Tricia Teilmann all of Boise; and two 
nieces and a nephew. His wife died May 10, 1979.