Obituary     

Tessa Marie Steinkamp 1985-1998

The Breda News, April 1998

Tessa Steinkamp, 13, of Breda, died of cancer on Sunday, April 5, 1998, at Stewart memorial Community Hospital in Lake City.

Mass of the Christian burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breda. The celebrant will be Father James Smith.

Burial will be in St. Bernard Cemetery at Breda.

Lector for the Mass will be Leonard Snyder. Gift bearers will be Mary and Larry Dettbarn. Mass servers will be Stephanie Schwarzkopf, Tera Nieland and Megan Gramowski.

Born Feb. 6, 1985, in Sac City, Tessa was a daughter of Dale and Phyllis (Ludwig) Steinkamp. She spent her lifetime in the Breda community, where she was an honor-roll seventh-grade student at Christ the King School. She was also a student of Debera's School of Dance in Carroll and an avid animal lover. She was a member of St. Bernard Parish in Breda.

Tessa Steinkamp is survived by her parents, Dale and Phyllis Steinkamp, Breda; two brothers, Adam and Chase Steinkamp, of Breda; her grandmothers, Evelyn Ludwig of Auburn and Lynette Steinkamp of Breda; uncles and aunts, Jim and Marilyn Steinkamp of Breda, Richard and Jan Steinkamp of Breda, Alyce and Leon Bierl of Arcadia, Tom and Laurie Steinkamp of Carroll, LeRoy "Doc" Steinkamp of Breda, Mike and Lori Steinkamp of Breda, Larry and Mary Dettbarn of Breda, Dean and Dana Steinkamp of Creston, Melvin and Doreen Ludwig of Auburn, Neil and Luann Ludwig of Auburn, Merle and Debbie Ludwig of Auburn, Roger and Deb Ludwig of Breda, Earl and Carmen Ludwig of Auburn, Dean and Bev Bruning of Breda, Russell Ludwig of Auburn and Tom and Norma Wessling of Breda.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Norbert Ludwig and Leonard Steinkamp; a cousin, Mallory Wessling; and an uncle, Jerry Steinkamp.

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