Hope Teifert

Hope L. Teifert, age 87, of Portland passed away on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in Persimmon Ridge Healthcare in Portland.

She was born in Fort Wayne on April 22, 1936, the daughter of Minar and Myrtle (Maggart) Merriman. She was married to Helmut Teifert and he passed away in 2003. 

Hope was retired LPN having worked in home health care in Fort Wayne. She was a 1954 Portland High School graduate and had attended Trinity United Methodist Church.

Surviving are two sons, Charles Wangler of Houston and Mike Wangler (wife: Katrina) of Portland; one daughter, Theresa Miller (husband: John) of Portland, Oregon; brother Steve Merriman of Thailand; one sister, Sidney Briggs of Brunswick, Maine; and four grandchildren.

Private services will be held in Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with burial in the Prairie Grove Cemetery in Fort Wayne. Memorials can be made to Jay County Humane Society. 

Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.