Jeanette Tadewald

JEANETTE TADEWALD CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Jeanette Tadewald, 92, of Cottage Grove Place died peacefully on Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 29, at St. Matthew Catholic Church. The Reverend David Beckman will officiate. Burial will take place at 2 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 28, at Teahen Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids and again after 9 a.m. on Monday, November 29, at the church. Memorials may be directed to the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Jeanette Mary Esser was born on October 6, 1918, the daughter of O.J. and Leonette Kerper Esser in Delaware County. She married Robert William Tadewald on May 5, 1945, in Muscatine. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in education and sociology and taught fourth-graders. She was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church, Golden Kiwanis, Newcomers Club, and Welcome Wagon. She loved to play games and cards, especially bridge. She was known to play cards every day that ended in a ''y.'' She enjoyed traveling. She was very proud of her fa...[more]

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y and her zest for life will be missed. Survivors include three children, Thomas Tadewald of Golden Valley, Minnesota, Ann Kopf and husband, Dennis, of Cedar Rapids, and Bill Tadewald and wife, Karen, of Hopkins, Minnesota; four grandchildren, Aaron Kovan and wife, Nikki, Benjamin Kopf and wife, Melissa, and Amy and Megan Tadewald; and three great grandchildren, Mia and Jude Kovan and Brayden Kopf.