Melvin R. Teuscher

GIBSON CITY – Melvin R. Teuscher, age 92, of Gibson City, formerly of Fisher, died at 2:55 a.m. Sunday (March 4, 2007) at Heartland Health Care in Paxton. Private funeral services will be held on Friday, March 9, 2007, at Lamb Funeral Home in Gibson City, with the Rev. Paul Thomason officiating. Burial will be in East Bend Memorial Gardens in Fisher. Mr. Teuscher was born July 9, 1914, in Fisher, a son of John S. and Mary Ann Roth Teuscher. He married Mable A. Heiser on Sept. 15, 1936, in Fisher. She died June 19, 2005. Surviving are two sons, Monty (Ginnie) Teuscher of Gibson City and John (Sue) Teuscher of Pittsfield; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann (John) Neff of Champaign and Ellen Teuscher of Pensacola, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters.

Mr. Teuscher was a farmer. He was a member of the Gibson City Bible Church and served on the church board. He enjoyed restoring antique furniture, wood working and canning. He was the University of Illinois People to People ambassador to South America and past president of the Fisher Grain Elevator Board. Memorials may be made to the Carle Hospice Program.