IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Teresa L.

Teresa L. Gheen Profile Photo

Gheen

October 8, 1951 – February 21, 2013

Obituary

The funeral Mass for Teresa L. Gheen will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Resurrection Catholic Church in Rochester, officiated by Rev. Thomas Loomis. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery East.

Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at River Park Chapel of Macken Funeral Home, and one hour before the service at the church on Wednesday.

Terri, 61, of Rochester, formerly of Greenbush, Mich., died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. at her home of COPD.

She was born Oct. 8, 1951, in Pontiac, Mich., to John and Natalie (Knight) Rogers. She attended Ladywood High School in Livonia, Mich. On Feb. 7, 1969, she married John Willis, Jr. She and her husband were married for 28 years before he passed away.On April 3, 1998, she married Thomas F. Gheen of Greenbush, Mich. They moved to Rochester in 2005. In 2006 she underwent a double lung transplant.

Terri loved her family, gardening, crafts, reading and cooking.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons and one daughter, Johnny (Kayce) Willis, of Malabar, Fla., Mark (Vicky) Willis, of Aurora, Colo., Christopher (Michelle) Willis, of South Lyon, Mich., and Katie Thompson and fiance, Johnny Freeman, of Rochester. Three sisters survive, Jeanne (Jim) Kennedy, of Prescott, Wis., Linda (Ken) Bowar and Jan (Bob) Helland, both of Rochester. In addition, 13 grandchildren survive along with 10 nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her first husband and her parents.

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Funeral Services

Visitation

February
26

River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home

1119 11 1/2 Street Southeast, Rochester, MN 55904

5:00 - 7:30 pm

Second Visitation

February
27

Church of the Resurrection Catholic Church

1612 11th Ave SE, Rochester, MN 55904

9:30 - 10:30 am

Funeral Mass

February
27

Church of the Resurrection Catholic Church

1612 11th Ave SE, Rochester, MN 55904

Starts at 10:30 am

Burial

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