Lyle Tesch

Tesch, Lyle, Age 80, of St. Paul, Passed away peacefully in his home on January 13, 2026. Preceded in death by daughters, Melissa and Rachel; parents, Vennette and Ortwin of Browerville, MN. Survived by wife of 58 years, Sheila; sister, Jacqueline Cowdery of St. Paul; brother, Ivan (Cheri) of Swanville, MN; and best friend, Robert "Fred" Dean.

Former employee of Advance Shoring. He spent all his free time chasing walleye from Mille Lacs to North Dakota to Montana with his wife and his best friend, Steve VanBergen.

Lyle was raised in Browerville MN on a dairy farm. He was a member of 4H and FFA and showed animals at the state fair many years. He had a strong work ethic and loved working and having fun outdoors. He farmed for several years on his grandmother's farm after high school but he gave it up, moved to Minneapolis, worked at Munsingwear and 3M abrasive slitting until they went on strike. He joined a construction crew made up of Browerville guys run by Bill Golla tearing out and replacing city sidewalks in St. Paul. While living in St. Paul he started dating Sheila Killeen, a friend of a former Browerville classmate. They married April 15, 1967 in Dell Rapids, S.D. Lyle and Sheila both continued their educations and employments; Lyle in construction trades and Sheila in a lab 35-year career at 3M. Lyle worked for many contractors as a cement mason after 2 years of trade school. He admired and wanted to work for Wayne Knajdek of Wayne Construction. Wayne worked hard and played hard. He taught Lyle to fish, camp and helped lay the foundation of the home he still was proud to reside in. After a back injury, Lyle continued to work in the construction industry, first on a city desk, progressing to salesman for construction supplies, retiring in 2003 from Advance Shoring, specialties division in St. Paul.

Sheila and Lyle traveled extensively fishing and spending winters in the south and California. A highlight of travels was a 3-month self-guided tour of civil war battlefields, cemeteries and prisoner of war camps. But on all travel, he would always look up his old friends and classmates from Class of Browerville 1963.

Lyle and Sheila had 2 daughters that he loved dearly. They camped and fished together at the North Shore of Mile Lacs Lake. His heart was broken with the death of his girls and he's now with them in the arms of God.

Memorial Service on Saturday, January 24 at 4:00 pm at MUELLER MEMORIAL, 835 Johnson Pkwy, St. Paul with Visitation from 12:00 - 4:00 pm. Private burial at a later date. Memorials preferred to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.