Rev. Otto Tiede
Rev. Otto Tiede served the Zion German Congregational Church from 1936-1938. He followed the pastorship of Rev. John Hopp.
Rev. Tiede was followed by Rev. George J. Schmidt in 1938.
Rev. Tiede was followed by Rev. George J. Schmidt in 1938.
Obituary from The Christian Fellowship Messenger, 20 Oct 1971, Winnipeg, Canada
REVEREND 0. J. TIEDE
Brother Tiede was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tied and was born January 16, 1882 at Parkston, South Dakota. There he was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith and brought up in a home and church which influenced his decision to enter the Christian ministry. After completing his education in the Public Schools at Parkston, he attended and graduated from the Union Theological Seminary at Chicago, Illinois. He continued his further education in Germany. After his ordination, he served churches in our General Conference of German Congregational Churches.
While he was the minister of our church in Loveland, Colorado, in the early twenties, he was chosen by the General Conference to become president of The Redfield College Theological Seminary in Redfield, South Dakota. The school was later affiliated with Yankton College, which today is the United Theological Seminary of Twin Cities, New Brighton, Minnesota. This school has from the beginning supplied many of our churches with their capable ministers.
Reverend Tiede was married to Julianne Miller and they had one son, Rolland, and an adopted daughter, Marguerite. We are not sure where they are living today.
After his assignment as president, when the school moved to Yankton, Rev. & Mrs. Tiede were sent to head the General Conference mission work in South America. While there, he organized and founded the Theological School at Concordia in Argentina, which is supplying the churches in the southland with able ministers and spiritual leaders.
After his return, he and his wife lived in Portland, Oregon. Here Mrs. Tiede died, after an extended illness. He later married the widow of the late Reverend Richard Uhlman. They lived in different places, after returning from Germany where they had spent several years, and retired to Sanger, California, where his widow, Hanna Tiede will continue to live.
His departure came September 9, 1971, at the age of 89 year and he leaves besides his widow, his son and daughter and their household, and a host of relatives and friends.
Memorial services in his honor were held in Salem Church at Pension, under the leadership of Rev. Theodore Bader, with music by a men’s quartet and Mrs. Vernon Tiede at the organ. Interment was in the Centreville Cemetery at Sanger, California. May the Lord give comfort to the family and friends
Sources
Zion Congregational Church 50th Anniversary Book. Portland, OR: Zion Congregational Church, 1964. Print.
Last updated February 21, 2018.