IN LOVING MEMORY OF

WHO WAS BORN September 7, 1949

Graceville, Minnesota

AND CALLED TO HIS ETERNAL HOME December 5, 2019

Milbank, South Dakota

FUNERAL SERVICE Monday, December 9, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.

Mundwiler Funeral Home Milbank, South Dakota

OFFICIANT Father Gary DeRouchey

MUSICIAN

Tim Mundwiler

CASKET BEARERS Eric Janotte Steve LaBatt

Bryan Hulegaard Fuzzy Schuler Glen Fryer Jordan Krause

HONORARY BEARERS Dennis’s co-workers at Eastman Trucking

INTERMENT St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery

Milbank, South Dakota

APPRECIATION Dennis’s family is grateful for your attendance at this service.

Your expressions of kindness and love are deeply appreciated. Following the interment, please join the family

for lunch and fellowship in the community room at the Milbank Visitor Center.

ARRANGEMENTS BY Mundwiler Funeral Home

Milbank, South Dakota

The Dying Cowboy

“Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie”;

Those words came slow and mournfully From the pallid lips of a man that lay

On his dying couch at the close of day.

He had wasted and pined ‘til o’er his brow Death’s shadows fast were drawing now;

He had thought of home and the loved ones nigh, As the cowboys gathered to see him die.

“I wish to be laid where a mother’s care

And a sister’s tear can mingle there; Where friends can come and weep o’er me;

Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie.

Dennis Carl Tesch was born on September 7, 1949, in

Graceville, MN, to Earl and Luella (Schliesman) Tesch. The family lived in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota while Dennis was growing up. He graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1967. In 2002, Dennis moved from Minneapolis, MN, to Corona, SD. He worked as a truck driver, on various horse ranches, and worked at The Pump in Milbank. Dennis worked for Serocki Trucking for 9 years then worked at Eastman Trucking until recently. He enjoyed competing in sports such as softball, baseball, hockey, and football. Dennis also enjoyed watching the Minnesota Vikings, old Western movies, and loved horses: especially his horse, Bo. Dennis is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Tesch of Minneapolis, MN; sons: Chad Tesch of Minneapolis, MN; and Elliott Tesch of Beardsley, MN; mother, Luella Tesch; sisters: Debbie (Bryan) Hulegaard of Little Falls, MN; Kim (Glen) Fryer of Milbank, SD; and Sandra (Delvin “Fuzzy”) Schuler of Corona, SD; along with many nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his father, Earl Tesch; sister, Karen Johnsen, and nephew, Chad Mielitz.

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