BAIRD-FREEMAN FUNERAL HOME

221 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET

PORTLAND, INDIANA 47371

260-726-7171

FAX 260-726-7172

EMAIL  bairdfreeman@yahoo.com

Hope L. Teifert, age 87, of Portland passed away on Friday December 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, Texas 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, Four grandchildren.

Private services will be held in Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with burial in the Praire Grove Cemetery in Fort Wayne.  Memorials can be made to Jay County Humane Society.  Online condolences at www.bairdfreeman.com