Theodore Pietz

1911 - 2006  (95 years)

• Name	Theodore Pietz
  Born	11 Jan 1911	Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 May 2006	Parkston, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	27 May 2006  [1]
  Person ID	I166545	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Jakob H. Pietz,   b. 30 Aug 1874, Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 21 Aug 1953, Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Catharine Mehlhaff,   b. 14 Nov 1882, Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 19 Apr 1958, Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	3 Nov 1903	Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F40031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leona V. Schelske
  Married	27 Feb 1938	Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Sharon Pietz   2. Dale Wayne Pietz
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F66277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Theodore Pietz, 95 January 11, 1911 - May 24, 2006 Funeral services for Theodore J. Pietz were held Saturday, May 27, 2006, at 10:30 a.m., at Friedens Reformed United Church of Christ, Tripp, with Koehn Bros. Funeral Home, Parkston, in charge of arrangements. Casketbearers were Frank Nikkila, Merlin Pietz, Vilo Pietz, Delvin Schelske, Myron Liebert, and Mark Schelske. Theodore J. Pietz was born January 11, 1911, to Jacob and Katherine (Mehlhaff) Pietz in Hutchinson County. He was baptized and confirmed in the Friedens Reformed United Church of Christ in Tripp. He attended country school north of Tripp through the eighth grade. He was united in marriage to Leona V. Schelske on February 27, 1938, in Menno. Together they moved to Minnesota where he worked for a dairy farm before moving to Parkston. They moved to Howard and lived there for a short time before moving to Richmond, Calif., where he worked in ship yards during the war. After the war, they moved back to Tripp where they farmed for about 10 years before moving to Rapid City where he worked in the Howard Johnson Hotel and the School of Mines as a janitor. He moved back to Parkston where he retired. He was a lifelong member of the Friedens Reformed Church, and served on the consistory. He died Wednesday, May 24, at Avera Bormann Manor in Parkston at the age of 95 years. He is survived by his wife, Leona, Parkston; a daughter, Sharon Schnabel and husband, Derald, Tripp; a granddaughter, Denae Pearce and husband, Todd, Denver, Colo.; a great-grandson, Benjamin Pearce, Denver; a sister, Elsie Permann, Tripp; and a brother, Rueben Pietz, Tacoma, Wash. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Dale Wayne Pietz; four sisters, Dorothy Liebert, Hulda Vilhauer, Esther Sievers, and Olivia Liebert; three brothers, Carl Pietz, William Pietz, and Otto Pietz; two step-sisters, Martha Schock and Pauline Winckler and one grandchild, Kip Schnabel.