Mildred Mabel Teskey, 75

Mildred Mabel Teskey, 75, a longtime Williston, N.D., resident, passed away Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at the Mercy Medical Center in Williston.

Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. today, Sept. 18, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Williston by Father John Paul Gardner.

Interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell. All are welcome to attend.

A rosary was said the evening of Sept. 17 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

Visitation was held on Sept. 17 at the Everson Funeral Home in Williston, and will be held for the hour preceding the funeral at the church today.

Mabel was born Jan. 22, 1932, in Calgary, Alberta, the 10th child of Katarina and Philip John Schneidmiller. She attended elementary school and Langevin Junior High school to the ninth grade, and Crescent Heights Collegiate Institute in Calgary.

Mabel worked for the Alberta Government Telephone Company from 1950 through 1952.

She married Edward Roy Teskey on Sept. 19, 1952, in Calgary. Mabel and Ed established their home in Havre, where Ed worked for the Great Northern Railroad. Five of their six children were born in Havre. The family moved to Williston, in 1964, where Ed continued working for the railroad.

In 1973, Mabel attended University of North Dakota-Williston Center where she received her medical clerical certificate and completed various other courses. She was a volunteer for the Well Baby Clinic and Mental Health Association. Mabel also worked for North Dakota Human Resource Center as a community home counselor until 1993.

She was active in various organizations and was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, St. Joseph's Altar Society, Ladies of the Moose, and the North Dakota Mental Health Association where she served as delegate direct.

Mabel loved camping, traveling, music, playing piano, knitting, sewing and bowling. She also enjoyed family gatherings, where she delighted in visiting with family and friends whom she cherished. She especially treasured her five grandchildren.

She is survived by sons, Anthony Teskey of Williston; Jeffrey Teskey and grandson, Alexander, of Bakersfield, Calif., Robert Teskey of Glasgow, and James Teskey and wife, Jackie, and granddaughters, Victoria and Katrina Teskey of Williston; one daughter, LaVonne Teskey Lucke, and granddaughters, Kristen and Tamara Lucke, of Whitefish; brothers, Ronald Schneidmiller of Calgary, Jack Schneidmiller and wife, Jenny, of Comax, British Columbia, and Elmer and wife, Eileen, of Calgary; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Edward Teskey, on Jan. 8, 2004, and son, Edward Teskey in 1983; her parents, Katrina and Philip Schneidmiller; her brother, Victor Schneidmiller, in 1999; her sisters, Esther West, in 2003; Leah Stainer, in 1999; Edith Burns, in 1999; Rachel Fitzpatrick, in 1987; and Jean Friezen, in 2007.

Mabel will be dearly missed by her family.

The Everson Funeral Home in Williston is caring for the family.