Marianne Thiel; Loving wife of Edward Thiel (D), beloved mother of Clayton (Connie) and Bonnie Thiel (D), grandmother of Natalie (Paul), Alia, and great-grandmother of Amir, Theo and Josephine; passed away August 19, at Breeze Park, Weldon Springs, MO. Marianne was born on January 12, 1931, to BF and Ruby Turner, Columbia, MO. She was an English teacher at Saint Charles High School for 30 years and a Member of the PEO and the AAUW from 1992-2009. Marianne was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. There will be a celebration of life at New Hope Presbyterian Church,1580 Kisker Road, Saint Charles, October 5, at 10 am. Join us to honor this amazing women's life.

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Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Sep. 23 to Sep. 24, 2024.

Memories and Condolences
for Marianne Thiel

6 Entries

Bonnie Griffith Williams

Yesterday

Mrs.Theil was a true lady. All students loved her. I knew her before having her as a teacher. My mom taught and knew her. Her smile was so warm and caring. I will always remember her fondly. I know she went straight to heaven.

Marribeth Cissell

April 3, 2025

I was blessed to have Mrs. Thiel as an inspiring teacher at SCHS and her wonderful husband at Jefferson Junior High. What a tremendous impact they had on me at a very formative time in my life. God bless them both.

Kathy King Martin

September 25, 2024

I have such fond memories of Mrs. Thiel. She was our Sponsor for FTA (Future Teachers of America) club in high school so I worked closely with her in that along with having her for my teacher in English class. She was such a loving and caring person and so much fun to be around. I kept in touch with her for several years after graduating high school, visiting her on occasion at her home. My sympathies to her family and friends. I am no longer in the area or I would certainly be there for her celebration of life service.

Bonnie Griffith Williams.

September 25, 2024

Mrs Thiel was a wonderful person who I always loved. I never heard a student say anything bad about her. If I lived near, I would be there for her celebration of life. My parents,Bert and Sue Griffith, thought so much of her as well. My condolences to her family. My brother,Chris, really enjoyed having her as a teacher. She will be missed. I will always remember her with a smile and loving thoughts. She was a true lady.

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Kathy DePuy Slavik

September 24, 2024

She was such a sweet wonderful Teacher, and she and my Mother Sharon DePuy were great friends when they taught together! Ironically, my Mama just passed away too, and her funeral was Sunday! I´d like to think of them chatting away about teaching, in heaven! Many prayers for your loss!

Beth (Birchler) Rohr

September 24, 2024

Mrs. Thiel retired at the end of my senior year of high school, spending her last year in education as my English teacher for the "College Composition" course, which was offered as a duel credit course via St. Louis University. My classmates and I could not have been more fortunate to have such a wonderfully skilled, insightful, encouraging teacher that year. Her lessons were always engaging, and she did not hold back words of encouragement. I remember taking a field trip to the SLU campus library, where we conducted research for a term paper and learning the process of recording information and corresponding sources on notecards, which we later organized into categories and referenced to organize our ideas into our paper. She was an outstanding English teacher, always offering valuable comments and suggestions on the essays we wrote. I always looked forward to her feedback, as she sandwiched constructive feedback between positive and encouraging comments! I remember being encouraged to think for myself, as well as to collaborate with my classmates. The first year I moved away to college in Kirksville, I recall sitting down with a couple of classmates-David Beardsley and Jennifer Reece-and either we collaborated to write a ridiculous poem about a frog encountering a hanger as it crossed a road...or that might have been all David as an author...but the three of us decided to mail it to her, thinking she would think it funny. This was an acknowledgement to her wonderful sense of humor. I am now in my 22nd year of teaching, almost all as an English teacher. To say that Mrs. Thiel was one of the greats who influenced my career path would be an understatement. She was truly an amazing teacher and a wonderful person! She will be dealy missed by all of us whose lives she impacted in such meaningful ways! My condolescences to the family!

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