Teresa Nieland, 90 of Carroll, died Thursday evening, March 6, 2014 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Timothy Schott. Music will be by Marcy Anderson, St. Lawrence Choir, with Teresa’s daughter-in-law, Marilyn Nieland as cantor. Lector for the funeral mass will be Mary Baumhover. Gift Bearers will be Teresa’s great-grandchildren. Eucharistic Ministers will be: Shirley Molitor, Ann Christiansen, and Jean Knobbe. Casket Bearers will be Teresa’s grandchildren. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll.
Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 4:30 p.m. on Monday where there will be a rosary at 5 p.m. and a Christian Wake Service at 6:30 p.m.
The casket will be moved to St. Lawrence Church at 9 a.m. on Tuesday where visitation will resume until time of the funeral mass.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Teresa’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Born on March 23, 1923 on the family farm in southeastern Warren County near Lacona, Iowa, Teresa was the daughter of Louis and Josephine (Kuhn) Wadle. She grew up and attended catholic grade school in Rosemount, Iowa and then moved with her parents to Carroll County where she attended Sts. Peter and Paul School graduating from grade school in 1935.
Teresa did domestic work in the area until moving again with her parents to Lake City, Iowa. On May 17, 1943 she married Walter Nieland at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lake City with Fr. R.H. Nemmers officiating. The couple moved to a farm north of Carroll until 1986 when they moved to their home on north west street in Carroll.
Teresa enjoyed making rosaries, gardening, and spending time with her family. She was an active member of St. Lawrence Parish, and Parish Ladies Guild.
Survivors include her children: Ken Nieland and wife Marilyn of Worthington, MN, Kathleen Schwery and husband Duane of Plattsmouth, NE, Rita Huegerich and husband Eugene of Fonda, Norman Nieland and wife Sherry of Carroll, and Lester Nieland and wife Kathy of Mt. Pleasant; 9 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; her sister, Catherine Wiederien of Dedham; and her sister-in-law, Cecelia Wadle of Carroll; as well as other extended relatives.
Teresa was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Walter in November of 1997; her son-in-law, Donald Lillig; her brother, Julian Wadle; her parents-in-law, William and Catherine Nieland; and her in-laws: Elmer Wiederien, Andrew Nieland, and Estella Hackfort.
