Mankato Free Press
Sep 22 and 24 2001 
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Enid Tiedeken

MADELIA - Enid Tiedeken, 91, died Thursday, Sept. 20,
2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First
Presbyterian Church, Madelia. Visitation is from 5 to
8 p.m. Tuesday at Pilgrim Funeral Home, Madelia, and
continues one hour before services at the church.

          New Ulm Journal
         Online Obituaries
     Sunday, September 23, 2001 
http://www.oweb.com/newulm/obits/obits092301.html

  Enid Tiedeken, 91, of Madelia, died on
 Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001, at Luther
 Memorial Home, Madelia. 
    Services are Wednesday, Sept. 26, at
 10:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian
 Church, Madelia, with burial in Riverside
 Cemetery.
    Visitation is Tuesday, 5-8 p.m. at the
 Pilgrim Funeral Home, Madelia and one
 hour prior to the service at the church.
    She is survived by her sons and their
 wives; Richard and Darlene of Starke,
 Fla., Thomas and Phyllis of St. James,
 Lee and Elaine of Albert Lea; daughter
 Dessa Preuhs and husband Glen of
 Starke, Fla.; 10 grandchildren, eight
 great-grandchildren, and two great-great
 grandchildren; and brother Lloyd T. Jones
 and wife Vivian of Lake Crystal.
    She was preceded in death by her
 husband, son Leon, two sisters, a
 great-grandson and a
 great-granddaughter.
    She was born Dec. 24, 1909, in
 Butternut, to Thomas (Colorado) and
 Agnes (Williams) Jones. She grew up in
 rural Butternut and attended rural schools
 and later Lake Crystal High School
 where she graduated in 1927. She
 married Anton (Tony) Tiedeken on Sept.
 17, 1929, in Lake Crystal. They farmed in
 rural Lincoln Township, rural Madelia,
 until his death in April 1975. She worked
 as a cook at the Madelia Community
 Hospital for 18 years retiring in 1976. She
 was a member of the First Presbyterian
 Church where she served on the
 Presbytery and was active in ladies'
 groups. She was a member of the VFW
 Auxiliary, Madelia Senior Club, Madelia
 Hospital Auxiliary, Salem Sunshine Club,
 and South Central Minnesota Senior
 Federation. She helped organize
 Watonwan County Senior Transportation
 and served as treasurer for many years.