Dennis Teske 1943-2017
Dennis Gene Teske, 74, Sabetha, died Friday, May 12, 2017, at Sabetha Community Hospital.
He was born April 29, 1943, in Topeka, the son of Arnold and Lenora Honig Teske. He graduated from Onaga High School in 1961 and from Pittsburg State University in 1965.
Mr. Teske worked for the Van Doren, Hazard and Stallings architecture firm and later for the Joe Weekly architecture firm, both in Topeka. In 1973 he and and his wife moved to Onaga, where they farmed and raised livestock until 2000.
He was a founding member of New Hope Lutheran Church in Onaga; a member of the Farmer’s Co-op Association in Manhattan, serving as president and secretary-treasurer from 1987 to 2002; a board member of the Production Credit Association, Pottawtomie County Farm Bureau, serving as president from 1975 to 1981; a member of Rural Fire District No. 3 for 17 years; Young Farmers at Onaga; and the Onaga Jaycees.
He married Joyce Jepson on May 2, 1970, in Topeka. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Kirk Teske, Sabetha; two daughters, Sherri Magnett and husband Charles, Omaha, Neb., and Melody Craig and husband Daniel, Sabetha; a sister, Jolene Cervantes and husband Lorenzo, Kansas City, Mo.; nine grandchildren, Jamie Faris and Steve, Searria Leprich, Chase Magnett and Alex, Page Magnett, Nathaniel Teske, Kaine Teske, Kiley Teske, Malorie Lierz and Rebecca Craig; and six great-grandchildren, Aryanna and Lucas Petty, Mirabelle and Gwenevyre Faris and Arya and Josie Leprich. He was preceded in death by a son, David Gene Teske, on Jan. 16, 2014; and two sisters, Myra Teske and Alice Teske.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at New Hope Lutheran Church in Onaga. Burial will follow in Onaga Cemetery. Mr. Teske will lie in state Tuesday at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Onaga, where family and friends will meet from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to New Hope Lutheran Church or the Onaga Fire Department, sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 312, Onaga, KS 66521.
