This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Teuscher, Jensen, Cook, Tadevich Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.idaho.counties.bearlake/2003/mb.ashx Message Board Post: SIDNEY J. TEUSCHER Idaho State Journal, 02/13/07 MONTPELIER - Sidney J. Teuscher, 90, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2007, in the Bear Lake Skilled Nursing Facility due to complication from a stroke. Sid was the 10th child of 12 born to Caroline Jensen and Karl Charles Teuscher on March 6, 1916, in Raymond, Idaho. Sid's marriage to Marie Cook blessed him with a son, Micheal Cook, and a daughter, Kay. A second marriage to Goldie Tadevich blessed him with Goldie's son, John Legerski, and a daughter, Nancy. Goldie and Sid were later sealed in the Logan, Utah temple. Life was hard for the Raymond, Idaho Teuscher family. Sid's father died when Sid was 3 1/2 years old. This death left Caroline with 12 children and no visible means for support. At the early age of 5 years old, Sid was farmed out to help a rancher for room and board. The rancher had Sid keep the cattle in the field of grass and out of the grain. The first few years of school were spent in Geneva, Idaho, living with Uncle Henry Teuscher as a working boarder. Sid returned to Montpelier, Idaho during his teen years and attended Montpelier High School. His learning was cut short, as he was needed to help support himself and help his mother. His life was one of hard work. His many jobs included cattle ranching, sheep herding, CCCs railroad (section gang, brakeman and conductor), bartender, ran a repair business (shoes, bikes, saddle and harness), help with rodeos (pick up and stunt man) and then 28 years in law enforcement (Montpelier Police deputy, Montpelier police chief, Custer County deputy sheriff and Custer County sheriff). Sid played football, wrestled and boxed. Boxing was his passion, and out of 25 formal boxing matches (he participated in other fights) he had: 16 knock outs, two decisions, two draws and five losses. In 1939, Sid took second place in the Pocatello Golden Glove Tournament. As an avid bodybuilder and strength enthusiast, Sid was often asked to demonstrate his strength, like breaking several strands of bailing wire by stretching, pulling a car with his teeth, having a car's front wheel roll up on his stomach, lifting 55 gallons of oil into a pick up, and one-arm lifting a 150-pound girl over his head. Sid liked fishing (Goldie got into fishing) and hunting. Sid loved horses. He captured Wyoming desert horses and trained them (all but one became good riding horses; the one became a rodeo bucking bronco because the horse was mean, and only Sid could ride him). Sid was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Goldie Teuscher, and his siblings, Charles Henry, Eugene Joseph, Viola Carrie, Louis Robert, Luella Lily, Alvin Christian, Maybell Lena, Woodruff Jensen, Roial J. and Vera Zell. He is survived by his brother, Vern; and his children, Michael (Karen), Kay (Ron) Gortcinsky, John Legerski, and Nancy Martin. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m. in the Montpelier Fourth Ward Chapel, where friends may visit with family that day from 11 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. The interment will be in the Montpelier Cemetery, with services under the direction of Matthews Mortuary of Montpelier.