EDGAR P THIESSEN
Edgar P. Thiessen, 70, director of the Kiel Municipal Band for 50 years and retired head of the instrumental music department at Lakeland College, died Tuesday morning at Calumet Memorial Hospital, Chilton, after apparently suffering a heart attack.
Mr. Thiessen, who resided at 2218 Prospect St., New Holstein, was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Kiel, a son of the lat Peter and Meta Langemak Thiessen. He attended Kiel public schools, graduating from Kiel High School in 1931.
He received a bachelor and Master of Arts degree in music education from VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, Ill., and an honorary degree from Lakeland College in May 1983.
On Oct. 26, 1936 he married Ethel Sy in the town of Eaton.
In 1941, he began teaching in the Elkhart Lake school system, continuing in the Kiel School district. In 1956 he began teaching at Lakeland College, where he was head of the instrumental music department.
After his retirement in 1976, he taught part time in the music department at Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. He was president of the board of directors of the VanderCook College of Music, and was co-founder of the Lakeland College music recreation camp in 1955.
Mr. Thiessen was chairman of the community band division of the national Band Association, and was editor of the American Bandmaster Association's monthly column in the School Musician Nation Music Magazine.
Mr. Thiessen also served six years on the New Holstein City Council.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Palmer (Prudence) Smith of New Holstein, and Mrs. James (Sandra) Wise of DePere; a son, Terry of New Holstein; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Asmus of Fort Atkinson, and Pearl Thiessen of Madison. He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
Funeral services will be Friday at St. John United Church of Christ, New Holstein, the Revs. Albert K. Borns, David Lauer of Lakeland College, and James Massart of Silver Lake College will officiate. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery
No newspaper cited – January 4, 1984
Edgar P. Thiessen, 70, director of the Kiel Municipal Band for 50 years and retired head of the instrumental music department at Lakeland College, died Tuesday morning at Calumet Memorial Hospital, Chilton, after apparently suffering a heart attack.
Mr. Thiessen, who resided at 2218 Prospect St., New Holstein, was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Kiel, a son of the lat Peter and Meta Langemak Thiessen. He attended Kiel public schools, graduating from Kiel High School in 1931.
He received a bachelor and Master of Arts degree in music education from VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, Ill., and an honorary degree from Lakeland College in May 1983.
On Oct. 26, 1936 he married Ethel Sy in the town of Eaton.
In 1941, he began teaching in the Elkhart Lake school system, continuing in the Kiel School district. In 1956 he began teaching at Lakeland College, where he was head of the instrumental music department.
After his retirement in 1976, he taught part time in the music department at Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. He was president of the board of directors of the VanderCook College of Music, and was co-founder of the Lakeland College music recreation camp in 1955.
Mr. Thiessen was chairman of the community band division of the national Band Association, and was editor of the American Bandmaster Association's monthly column in the School Musician Nation Music Magazine.
Mr. Thiessen also served six years on the New Holstein City Council.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Palmer (Prudence) Smith of New Holstein, and Mrs. James (Sandra) Wise of DePere; a son, Terry of New Holstein; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Asmus of Fort Atkinson, and Pearl Thiessen of Madison. He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
Funeral services will be Friday at St. John United Church of Christ, New Holstein, the Revs. Albert K. Borns, David Lauer of Lakeland College, and James Massart of Silver Lake College will officiate. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery
No newspaper cited – January 4, 1984
EDGAR P THIESSEN
Edgar P. Thiessen, 70, director of the Kiel Municipal Band for 50 years and retired head of the instrumental music department at Lakeland College, died Tuesday morning at Calumet Memorial Hospital, Chilton, after apparently suffering a heart attack.
Mr. Thiessen, who resided at 2218 Prospect St., New Holstein, was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Kiel, a son of the lat Peter and Meta Langemak Thiessen. He attended Kiel public schools, graduating from Kiel High School in 1931.
He received a bachelor and Master of Arts degree in music education from VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, Ill., and an honorary degree from Lakeland College in May 1983.
On Oct. 26, 1936 he married Ethel Sy in the town of Eaton.
In 1941, he began teaching in the Elkhart Lake school system, continuing in the Kiel School district. In 1956 he began teaching at Lakeland College, where he was head of the instrumental music department.
After his retirement in 1976, he taught part time in the music department at Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. He was president of the board of directors of the VanderCook College of Music, and was co-founder of the Lakeland College music recreation camp in 1955.
Mr. Thiessen was chairman of the community band division of the national Band Association, and was editor of the American Bandmaster Association's monthly column in the School Musician Nation Music Magazine.
Mr. Thiessen also served six years on the New Holstein City Council.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Palmer (Prudence) Smith of New Holstein, and Mrs. James (Sandra) Wise of DePere; a son, Terry of New Holstein; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Asmus of Fort Atkinson, and Pearl Thiessen of Madison. He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
Funeral services will be Friday at St. John United Church of Christ, New Holstein, the Revs. Albert K. Borns, David Lauer of Lakeland College, and James Massart of Silver Lake College will officiate. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery
No newspaper cited – January 4, 1984
Edgar P. Thiessen, 70, director of the Kiel Municipal Band for 50 years and retired head of the instrumental music department at Lakeland College, died Tuesday morning at Calumet Memorial Hospital, Chilton, after apparently suffering a heart attack.
Mr. Thiessen, who resided at 2218 Prospect St., New Holstein, was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Kiel, a son of the lat Peter and Meta Langemak Thiessen. He attended Kiel public schools, graduating from Kiel High School in 1931.
He received a bachelor and Master of Arts degree in music education from VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, Ill., and an honorary degree from Lakeland College in May 1983.
On Oct. 26, 1936 he married Ethel Sy in the town of Eaton.
In 1941, he began teaching in the Elkhart Lake school system, continuing in the Kiel School district. In 1956 he began teaching at Lakeland College, where he was head of the instrumental music department.
After his retirement in 1976, he taught part time in the music department at Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. He was president of the board of directors of the VanderCook College of Music, and was co-founder of the Lakeland College music recreation camp in 1955.
Mr. Thiessen was chairman of the community band division of the national Band Association, and was editor of the American Bandmaster Association's monthly column in the School Musician Nation Music Magazine.
Mr. Thiessen also served six years on the New Holstein City Council.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Palmer (Prudence) Smith of New Holstein, and Mrs. James (Sandra) Wise of DePere; a son, Terry of New Holstein; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Asmus of Fort Atkinson, and Pearl Thiessen of Madison. He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
Funeral services will be Friday at St. John United Church of Christ, New Holstein, the Revs. Albert K. Borns, David Lauer of Lakeland College, and James Massart of Silver Lake College will officiate. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery
No newspaper cited – January 4, 1984
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