Funeral services for Theresa L. Hauer, age 55, of Albert Lea, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, at Our Father’s House Church, (two miles south of Wal-Mart) Hwy. 69 South. The Rev. Kip Jentoft will officiate. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the services at the church.

Theresa died Sunday, July 28, 2002, at her home.

Theresa L. Hauer was born Jan. 21, 1947, to John and Loretta (Kelley) Ruzicka in Hampton, Iowa. She was raised by Albert and Helen Shindelar. Theresa attended St. Aloysius Grade School in Calmar, Iowa, DeSalles High School in Ossian, Iowa, and Viterbo College in La Crosse, Wis. On Dec. 29, 1969, she was united in marriage to Darrel R. Hauer in Calmar. The couple moved to Albert Lea in 1985. Theresa was co-owner of Desktop Media, Inc. She was a member of Our Father’s House Church.

Survivors include her husband, Darrel; son, Corey M. Hauer and his friend Denise Duncan, both of Albert Lea; son, Eric J. Hauer and his wife Sunila of Deerfield, Ill.; brothers: John (Jack) Ruzicka and his wife Virginia of Marble Rock, Iowa, Bill Ruzicka and his wife Penny of Nashua, Iowa, and James Ruzicka and his wife Mary of Marble Rock; family she was raised by: sisters: Marie Tieskoetter and Gertie Holtaus, both of Ossian, Iowa, and Helen Zbornik and her husband Adrian of Fort Atkinson, Iowa; brothers: Richard Shindelar and his wife Joyce of Calmar, Iowa, Joe Shindelar and his wife Arlene of LeClaire, Iowa, and Aloysius Shindelar and his wife Fran of Greenfield, Iowa.

Theresa was preceded in death by her parents: John and Loretta; by the couple who raised her, Albert and Helen Shindelar; and their children: Anselm, Cyril, Frances, and Albert Jr.