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Eugene
Teggatz, 77
New
Ulm - Eugene Teggatz, 77, formerly of Mentor,
died Wednesday, February 7, 2001 at New Ulm Medical
Center in New Ulm.
Mass
of Christian burial was held on Monday, February 12
at 10 a.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in
Mentor with Father Dave Super officiating. Cecily
McGlynn was the organist. Casketbearers included
grandsons Robert Bean, Mark Teggatz, Russell
Taylor, Michael Hudok, Benjamin Meyer and Tyler
Teggatz. Burial was in St. Lawrence Catholic
Cemetery in Mentor. Johnson Funeral Service of Red
Lake Falls was in charge of the
arrangements.
Eugene
Richard Teggatz was born on September 29, 1923 in
Reynolds, N.D., the son of George and Brita (Nash)
Teggatz. He grew up in the Grand Forks, N.D. area
and moved to Mentor in 1938.
On
July 24, 1945, Eugene married Josephine Schindler
of Red Lake Falls. The couple lived, raised their
family and farmed near Mentor until 1985. Eugene
also worked at American Crystal Sugar in Crookston
and Detroiter Mobile Home in Red Lake Falls. From
1979 to 1988, Eugene and Josephine spent the
winters in Clarksville, Ariz. In 1988, they moved
to New Ulm.
Eugene
enjoyed traveling, woodworking, gardening, nature
and family events.
Survivors
include his wife, Josephine; four daughters,
Beverly Bean of New Ulm, Nancy (Tom) Taylor of
Maple Plain, Elaine (Steve) Hudok fo Anoka and
Carolyn (John) Meyer of New Ulm; two sons, John of
Milwaukee, Wisc. and Earl (Susan) of Chicago, Ill.;
22 grandchildren; three great-granddaughters; two
brothers, Louis of Temple City, Calif. and Raymond
of McMinnville, Ore.; five sisters, Margaret Carl
of Tacoma, Wash., Lyda Grendahl of Hillsboro,
Wisc., Dorothy Burr of Garden Grove, Calif., Lily
Schmaltz of Hillsboro, N.D. and Bernice Hangsleben
of East Grand Forks; and many nieces and
nephews.
Eugene
was preceded in death by his parents; a brother,
Carl; a son, Eugene Michael; and a son-in-law,
Bobby Don Bean.
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