"What an amazing woman Terri was! A supportive and giving mother, she gave of herself to ensure her children had what they needed. She was always there cheering them on and her pride in them was apparent every time you talked with her. She made sure EVERYONE knew that Alan, Gina, and Andy were her kids and that she loved them with all her heart. She would shine every time she got to introduce them to someone. Her actions spoke of a mother who's children were always on her mind and in her heart. Terri was forever full of life and mischief. I have heard plenty stories of the crazy things she did and wished I had been there to experience them all. She embraced life with gusto clear to the end and you never heard a complaint from her. She would assure everyone that life was beautiful and perfect always. She never let her disease take the best from her and she consistently shared her best with others - she loved deeply, lived richly, and spoke positively. We are going to miss her greatly. Love you Terri."
In loving memory of
Theresa Maryelda Nau Millage
October 27, 1941 - April 18, 2014
THERESA MILLAGE
MUSCATINE, Iowa - Theresa Maryelda Nau Millage, 72, of Muscatine, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2014, at Lutheran Homes.
Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at St. Mathias Church, 215 West Eighth Street. The Reverend Jason Crossen will officiate. Honorary bearers will be Conner Wedig and Patton Robison. Casket bearers will be Ryan Millage, Justin Millage, Austin Wedig, Jerry Millage, Brandon Nau, and Ryan Smith. Burial will take place in St. Mary's Cemetery. A time of food and fellowship will follow the committal service at the Parish Hall, 215 West Eighth Street.
Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hospice Compassus or the Lutheran Homes.
Theresa was born on October 27, 1941, in Muscatine, the daughter of Robert Gerald Nau Sr. and Kathryn Nietzel Nau. She was later adopted by Phyllis Havemann Nau. She married Frederick Albert Millage on July 17, 1965, in Muscatine.
She was baptized at the St. Mary Catholic Church in Muscatine and graduated from Hayes Catholic High School in 1959. She was a member of Holy Family in Davenport.
She worked for Norwest Mortgage in Davenport as a loan processor. She loved bowling, camping, and supporting her children in their activities.
Those left to honor her memory include two sons, Alan Frederick Millage and wife, Amy, of Wilton, and Andrew Robert Millage and wife, Deanna, of Oxford, Michigan; one daughter, Gina Marie Wedig and husband, Eric, of Davenport; 11 grandchildren; two brothers, Bradford Joseph Nau and wife, Beth, of Muscatine, and Robert Gerald Nau Jr. and wife, Sharon, of Klamath Falls, Oregon; one sister, Janet Helen Drumm and husband, Charles, of Muscatine; and her adoptive mother, Phyllis Havemann Nau of Muscatine.
Theresa was preceded in death by her birth mother in 1949; her father in 1997; and her husband in 2009.
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