In Memory
Br Harold A. Teel Veteran
- Birth
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Indianola, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 5 Feb 2019 (aged 91)
City of St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Burial
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Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum
Saint Louis, City of St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Brother Harold A. Teel, S.J.
Son of Oscar Allyn Teel and Martha Victoria Behnke.
Brother of Clarissa C. Uerling and the late Lawrence A. Teel, Robert E.Teel, Raymond C. Teel, Matthew Teel, Mary Alice Teel, Cecilia McConville and Gertrude Wagner.
He had many nieces and nephews.
Br Harold, baptized into the hope of Christ's Resurrection, was called to eternal life at Fusz Pavillon. He was 91 years old, a Jesuit for 68 years.
Before entering the Society he served in the Merchant Marine from 1945-47. He entered the Society of Jesus, in 1950 and made his final vows in 1961. He served in parishes and schools in the U.S. and for many years in Belize and Yoro, Honduras.
Funeral Mass was celebrated at the Chapel in Jesuit Hall, St. Louis, Mo.
Memorial donations may be made to the Jesuits of the Central and Southern Province 4511 West Pine Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108.
A Hoffmeister Colonial Mortuary Service
Jesuit brother Harold A. Teel, missionary, pastoral minister and educator, died Feb. 5, 2019 in St. Louis. He was 91 years of age and a Jesuit for 68 years. Br. Teel was born Aug 7, 1927 in Indianaola, Nebraska. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar A. Teel and Martha Behnke Teel, his sisters Celia McConville, Trudy Wagner and Mary Alice Teel, and brothers Lawrence Teel, Ray Teel, Robert Teel, and Bro. Matthew Teel, C.M. He is survived by a sister (name withheld for privacy).
He entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) on Aug. 17, 1950 at St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant, Missouri. As a junior brother, he was a gardener at the seminary. He then served at St. Joseph's Hall in Decatur, Illinois; at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Sedalia, Colorado; and Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He was missioned to Belize in 1970, where he taught for four years at St. John's College in Belize City. He saw a need in Yoro, Honduras and spent four years there doing pastoral work. He became committed to the people there and helped oversee the office work for the Jesuit mission (1975-87), while continuing pastoral duties.
He returned to the United States in 1987 to serve as minister at the novitiate in Denver. He relished this assignment for the opportunity to promote vocations to the Jesuit brotherhood. In 1992, he returned to Belize, working at St. Peter Claver Parish in Punta Gorda, as well as its far-flung missions. He did a tremendous job organizing and training the catechists in the villages around Punta Gorda, preparing them to fill in on days when no priest was available to preside at a liturgy. He would work in pastoral ministry there for 20 years. He returned to St. Louis in 2012 and was assigned to work in pastoral ministry at Jesuit Hall. In 2015, he began a ministry of prayer for the Church and the Society of Jesus.
Br. Teel served in the Merchant Marine in the Colorado National Guard and studied at Regis College in Denver. He taught a year before entering the Jesuits. He completed his college education at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, earning a Bachelor of Arts in economics, with minors in education, philosophy and history.
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