Marie Tessmer services set for Thursday
Marie G. Tessmer, 91, of Clermont died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society – Postville.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 30, at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Hawkeye.
Interment will be at Alpha Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Hawkeye and for one hour preceding services at the funeral home on Thursday.
Marie Gertrude (Schuldt) Tessmer, daughter of Heinrich and Martha (Schmaedeke) Schuldt, was born Jan. 16, 1922, in Readlyn. She was baptized at home on the same day by the Rev. C. Meyer.
She was confirmed April 5, 1936, at St. John Lutheran Church in Sumner by the Rev. C.J. Mardorf.
Marie received her education in the Sumner schools, graduating from Sumner High School in 1939. She received business training in Waterloo after high school.