Married Ardell Rudolph Aleson 09 Jun 1943 Ellendale,North Dakota.
Tessie Aleson of Bismarck, passed from this life on March 3, 2007, at the age of 89.
Tessie Ann Buchele was born Jan. 22, 1918, in Butler, S.D., the youngest of eight children (three of whom died in infancy). She graduated from Butler High School in 1936. Following a year at business college, she worked for Policy Holders National Life Insurance Company before heading to Western Union College in Le Mars, Iowa, for their two-year teacher training program, graduating in 1940. After teaching at Lester, Iowa, Tessie married her college sweetheart, Ardell "Al" Aleson, on June 9, 1943, at Butler, a union that would endure until his death in March of 1999.
Tess Aleson was a devoted, supportive spouse of her clergy husband throughout their married life. They served together in a variety of locations, beginning with Bantry and Des Lacs in 1943, moving to Minot in 1946 where Pastor Al was founding pastor of First Evangelical United Brethren Church. During this time the family grew, with the birth of a daughter in 1944 and twin sons in 1947.
In 1949, they moved to Langdon, followed by a call to establish a new church in Williston in 1956. They continued their service to the church at Kindred (1962-1969), First United Methodist Church in Bismarck (1969-1975), and the United Methodist parish on Enderlin/Sheldon from 1975 to formal retirement in 1983.
Their "retired" life included another 10 years of ministry with United Methodist churches of Wahpeton and Great Bend until fully retiring in 1993. A joy of Tessie's life during this time was a number of mission trips to the Red Bird Mission at Beverly, Ky., plus overseas travels to Turkey, Germany, Switzerland and Greece to visit Air Force family in those locations. In each community where they lived in North Dakota, Tessie often did substitute teaching as well as teaching basic piano to many students, while always involved in lay ministries of the church. Crafts and finding ways to serve others also became a focus of her time.
Following the death of her husband, Rev. A.R. Aleson, in March 1999, Tess Aleson moved back to Valley View Heights in Bismarck where she lived until her passing.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56-plus years, the Rev. A.R. Aleson; her parents, John and Mary Buchele; three brothers, Alvin, Bert and Harvey Buchele; and one sister, Cora Strutz.
Interment will be in Fairview Gardens, Wahpeton.
Married Ardell Rudolph Aleson 09 Jun 1943 Ellendale,North Dakota.
Tessie Aleson of Bismarck, passed from this life on March 3, 2007, at the age of 89.
Tessie Ann Buchele was born Jan. 22, 1918, in Butler, S.D., the youngest of eight children (three of whom died in infancy). She graduated from Butler High School in 1936. Following a year at business college, she worked for Policy Holders National Life Insurance Company before heading to Western Union College in Le Mars, Iowa, for their two-year teacher training program, graduating in 1940. After teaching at Lester, Iowa, Tessie married her college sweetheart, Ardell "Al" Aleson, on June 9, 1943, at Butler, a union that would endure until his death in March of 1999.
Tess Aleson was a devoted, supportive spouse of her clergy husband throughout their married life. They served together in a variety of locations, beginning with Bantry and Des Lacs in 1943, moving to Minot in 1946 where Pastor Al was founding pastor of First Evangelical United Brethren Church. During this time the family grew, with the birth of a daughter in 1944 and twin sons in 1947.
In 1949, they moved to Langdon, followed by a call to establish a new church in Williston in 1956. They continued their service to the church at Kindred (1962-1969), First United Methodist Church in Bismarck (1969-1975), and the United Methodist parish on Enderlin/Sheldon from 1975 to formal retirement in 1983.
Their "retired" life included another 10 years of ministry with United Methodist churches of Wahpeton and Great Bend until fully retiring in 1993. A joy of Tessie's life during this time was a number of mission trips to the Red Bird Mission at Beverly, Ky., plus overseas travels to Turkey, Germany, Switzerland and Greece to visit Air Force family in those locations. In each community where they lived in North Dakota, Tessie often did substitute teaching as well as teaching basic piano to many students, while always involved in lay ministries of the church. Crafts and finding ways to serve others also became a focus of her time.
Following the death of her husband, Rev. A.R. Aleson, in March 1999, Tess Aleson moved back to Valley View Heights in Bismarck where she lived until her passing.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56-plus years, the Rev. A.R. Aleson; her parents, John and Mary Buchele; three brothers, Alvin, Bert and Harvey Buchele; and one sister, Cora Strutz.
Interment will be in Fairview Gardens, Wahpeton.
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