WILLARD I. TIETJEN Jr.

WEDGEFIELD -- Willard "TJ" Irving Tietjen Jr, age 62, beloved husband of Mildred Carol Carstensen, died on Monday, Oct. 11, 2004, at his residence.

He was born in Columbus, Ga., a son of Anna Patricia Girton Tietjen of New Cumberland, Pa., and the late Willard Irving Tietjen Sr. He retired after 23 years of service from the U.S. Air Force as a technical sergeant and served during the Vietnam War. He later worked as an insurance salesman. He was a 32nd degree member of the Masons, the York and Scottish Rite, for more than 30 years and served as past master of the Springhill Masonic Lodge. He was a Shriner and a member of the Jamil Temple, the Gamecock Shrine Club and the Jamil Streakers. He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church.

Surviving in addition to his wife and mother are one daughter, Kimberly Sue Dees and her husband, Robert, of Sumter; one brother, Berndt Tietjen of Jacksonville, N.C.; one sister, Mary Ann Goodling of York, Pa.; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, Willard Irving Tietjen Sr.

Funeral services will be held in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel on Monday at 11 a.m. with Masonic Rites and with the Rev. Eugene T. Mosier officiating.

Burial will follow in the Florence National Cemetery at 2 p.m. with full military honors.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Springhill Masonic Lodge and the Gamecock Shrine Club.

The family will receive friends on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to The Shriner's Hospital "In Memory of Willard Irving Tietjen Jr.," 950 West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605-4277.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.