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Obituary- Teske, Larry

Larry D. Teske
Larry D. Teske, 53, St. Marys, died Wednesday, October 4, 2000, in the emergency room of St. Marys Hospital.

He was born May 26, 1947, in Onaga, the son of Lawrence A. and Vera Bernadine Cameron Teske.

He grew up in the Delia community and was graduated from Delia High School in 1965. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served from 1966-1970 as a radar man aboard the U.S.S. Independence. He worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Topeka for 35 years in the powerhouse and had just become a supervisor for that department He was a member of Local #235 in Topeka, where he was the business manager from 1974 until 1986. Larry drew house plans and had been a general c cm tractor in the St. Marys area for several years.

He served on the St. Marys City Commission from 1976 until 1979 and again from 1987 until 1990, and had served as mayor during both of those terms.

He was a board member of the St Marys Historical Society since 1983. He had been a member of the St. Marys Chamber of Commerce and was president in 1993. He served on the St. Marys Housing Authority Board from 1990-1992 and had served as president. He was a past member and past president of the St. Marys Jaycees. He coached softball for many years in St. Marys and Topeka.

Larry was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 657, both in St. Marys.

On May 27, 1967, he married Patricia Allen in Delia. She survives.

Other survivors include two daughters, Deana Trawny, Marshalltown, IA, and Lynn Teske, of the home; two sisters, JuDee Turner, St. Marys, and Charla Diederich, Maple Hill.

A prayer service was held at 7 p.m. Friday at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Mass of Christian Burial was at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial was in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Larry D. Teske Memorial Fund and sent in care of Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home, 714 Maple, St. Marys 66536.