Statler Family Obituaries
Thiele, Rose Ann (nee Seiler)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Rose Ann Thiele, 84, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, June 9, 2015, after struggling with Alzheimer's disease for years.
Rose Ann was born to Martin John and Hannah Rose Landewe Seiler on Aug. 28, 1930, in St. Louis. She married Stanley Thiele on a rainy St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1951.
In addition to her husband, Rose Ann is survived by 10 children, Ken (Kathy) Thiele of St. Charles, Missouri, Ivan Thiele of St. Joseph, Missouri, Wayne (Jackie) Thiele, Nick (Brigitte) Thiele, Marcia (Steve) Upchurch, Ernie (Debbie) Thiele and Jeanne (Kevin) Forrester, all of Marble Hill, Annette (Tim) Wiseman of McGee, Missouri, Cathy (Mario) Nunez of Tallahassee, Florida, and Mary (Lynn) McBride of Cape Girardeau. She also is survived by 37 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Also, Rose Ann is survived by one sister, Lorraine (Henry) Holzum of Marble Hill; eight sisters- and brothers-in-law; and more nieces and nephews than we can count.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter-in-law, Debby Killingsworth Thiele.
Rose Ann graduated from Lutesville High School and attended Southeast Missouri State Teacher's College (now Southeast Missouri State University). She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church and St. Anne's PCCW.
Rose Ann taught elementary school at Leopold, Missouri, where students remember her as being dedicated and caring. As she raised her own children, she served as a Cub Scout den mother, and became an expert gardener and bread baker. In later years, she taught religion classes and served as head of the kitchen at the Leopold Picnic. She loved reading, making soap and quilting. After her children moved out of the home, Rose Ann enjoyed serving as president of the Bollinger County Historical Society, hostessing countless weekends at the Massey Log House and volunteering at the Bollinger County Archives office. She was instrumental in cleaning and repairing books of county history rescued from the basement of the courthouse.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel, with parish prayers at 7 p.m.
The funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, with burial in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Bollinger County Historical Society or to the church of your choice.
Printed in the Wednesday, June 10, 2015 edition of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO.
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