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Tepesch, Francis 'Bill'
Francis “Bill”Tepesch, 81, of Waukon, died Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. Burial with military rites will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, where there will be a 4 p.m.Scripture service.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Tepesch of Waukon; three daughters, Dawn (Randy) Swanson of Rock Island, Ill., Tracey (fiance Jeffrey Bartz) Tepesch of Green Bay, Wis., and Tricia (John) Ferrell of Hampton, Ill.; three grandchildren; three sisters, Stella “Sis” Huinker of Monona, Patricia Wepler of Waterloo, and Bernadette Lawlor of Northfield, Minn.; and a brother, Thomas Tepesch of Independence, Mo.
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