Tieszen, Anna (1869-1956)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Jul 5 p. 5

Birth date: 1869

text of obituary:

Pioneer Settlers Called by Death

Marion, S. D. — Two pioneer Mennonite settlers of the Childstown Township area south of Marion passed away recently.

Mrs. Katie Waltner, 82, widow of Jonathan Waltner, died June 18 at the Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. Born in Wolhynien, Russia, she studied in Austria and came to this community with her parents in 1891. She and her husband were charter members of the Salem Mennonite Church near Freeman, where the funeral services were held.

On June 23 Mrs. Anna Tieszen, 87, widow of Jacob P. Tieszen, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Henry Tiahrt in Marion. She was born in Alexanderwohl, South Russia, and came here as a child. funeral services were conducted at the Bethesda Mennonite church.