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Sheri Teshak


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Posted Online: Dec. 24, 2012, 12:26 am
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Memorial services to celebrate the life of Sheri Teshak, 51, of Davenport, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport. Visitation is Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Per her wishes, cremation rites have been accorded. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf, Gilda's Club or the Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities, of which she was a member.
Sheri passed away peacefully, after a long illness, on Saturday December 22 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House. She was born in 1961, in Davenport, to Joseph and Marcia Teshak. After graduating from the University of Iowa, she worked as a legal secretary in Washington D.C. Sheri enjoyed time with family and game day with friends, and she loved to golf.
Survivors include her life partner, Laura Garro; and her parents, Joseph and Marcia Teshak, all of Davenport; sisters, Julie (Tom) Edmonds, Eustis, Fla., and Dawn (Michael ) Schneider, Gilbert, Ariz.; brothers, Steven (Bridgette) Teshak, St. Peter's, Mo., and Jeffrey (Melissa) Teshak, Davenport, along with her extended family of many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents and a nephew, Cory Joseph Bell.
Online condolences may be expressed to Sheri's family by visiting her obituary at www.WeertsFH.com.














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