Idaho State Journal, 01/09/12
MONTPELIER, Idaho — INEZ ELNA TEUSCHER ZELLER, 92, passed away on January 6, 2012. She was born on September 9, 1919, to Henry Teuscher and Mary Aegler Teuscher in Geneva, Idaho. She loved the early years spent with her brothers and sisters on the family farm in Geneva, Idaho.
She attended grade school in Geneva, Idaho, and then lived in Montpelier with her brother’s family and attended high school. Then she decided to go to LDS business college in Salt Lake City, Utah, to get her associate degree. She started her career with Idaho Job Service and worked in Preston, Jerome, Burley, Pocatello, and Lewiston, Idaho, for 36 years.
She met her husband Henry C. Zeller in Pocatello, Idaho, while living with her sister’s family in Pocatello and they were married on August 31, 1951, in Geneva, Idaho. They lived in Pocatello for several years and then her husband purchased a barber shop in Lewiston, Idaho, and they moved there in 1953. They enjoyed the Lewiston area and had many friends. Then in 1970 her husband took ill and passed away. Inez kept on working in Lewiston until she retired on September 1, 1977.
Then after her retirement she moved to Montpelier to be closer to family. She enjoyed spending time with her two sisters, Grace and Lil, in Montpelier and they spent many hours together having fun. She volunteered at the gift shop in the hospital for eight years. She also did extractions for her church which she started doing on January 2, 1980, and did it for 23 years. She also bowled in the league for several years. Over the years she enjoyed watching the Utah Jazz play basketball on TV. She also loved to travel and spent time with her sisters and friends on travel vacations. She loved her family and kept close watch on all of her nieces and nephews over the years.
Inez was preceded in death by her husband Henry and her four sisters and four brothers, Barbara (Lyman) Tueller, Aurelia (Rulon) Tueller, Lily (Earl) Stephens, Grace (Vern) Wilcox, John (Gertrude) Teuscher, Lyman Teuscher, Ivan (Ruth) Teuscher, and Homer (Ruth) Teuscher.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. A viewing will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at Matthews Mortuary. Interment will be in the Geneva Cemetery.