Elizabeth Teghtmeyer

Elizabeth (Beth) Teghtmeyer (née Isaac) was born and raised In the Rosemary/Brooks area.  After graduating from school she took nurses training and was working in Calgary when she meet her future husband Earl Teghtmeyer at a dance - they both loved to dance especially the old time waltz. 

In 1963, with their 3 sons Ken, Lloyd and Alan they filed on a homestead in Silver Valley Alberta. The land was 8 miles from the nearest gravel road, no power or modern facilities. It was like going camping permanently! Winters were cold, snow was deep. If you didn’t watch; the mosquitoes would fly off with your smallest child!!  They left a modern 3 bedroom house in Calgary - nuts! They were true pioneers. The land was free but they had to make certain improvement before they got ‘Title’. Earl’s dad had helped him out by financing a Caterpillar. Earl would work on his own land, then when he ran out of money he would work the neighbours'. Eventually the power came, then the roads about the same time a school was built. Trees were cleared, farm land emerged. Earl worked out occasionally to help make ends meet but their primary income was from the farm, a mixed farm, cattle, pigs, hay and grain. They were a team; Earl was working on the land, Beth taking care of kids, growing a garden, picking berries - whatever it took. Now it’s quite modern farm and the pavement is within 1/2 a mile of the house….

In the later years Elizabeth had COPD and was wrestling with dementia. The nursing staff in the Lodge always spoke fondly of Beth. On her final day, she had breakfast, laid down on her bed, went to sleep and never woke up…

A private family service and reception will be held on Friday February 2,2024 at 2:00 pm at Cochrane Country Funeral Home #6-402 Railway Street, West Cochrane, Alberta T4C 2B6.