Katherine "Katie" Tietjen
September 24, 1935-November 13, 2009
Rogers, Arkansas
Katherine “Katie” Tietjen, 74, of Rogers died Friday, November 13, 2009 at a local health care
facility. She was born September 24, 1935 to Cary Anderson and Bessie Gibson Anderson.
Katherine loved her family and enjoyed the many times when they would gather together and
she could cook wonderful meals with them. She was “Nannie” to all who knew her. She
was a wonderful Christian; each time the children left, she always reminded them to “Go with
God.”
She was preceded in death by her husband Eldro Theodore Jackson Holt; two brothers and
three sisters.
Katherine is survived by one son, Eldro Jessie Holt of Rogers; five daughters; Brenda Schrik
and husband Chuck of Rogers, Cody Marie Schneck and husband Don of Rogers, Mary Jenny
McGarrah and husband Rodney of Garfield, Yvonne Slubowski and husband Roger of Rogers,
Susan Holt of Rogers; one sister, Alice Presser of Springdale; 9 grandchildren and 14 great
grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 1:00PM Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Stillwell Cemetery
east of Clarksville, Arkansas.
Memorials may be made in honor of Katherine Tietjen to Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Foundation, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207.
facility. She was born September 24, 1935 to Cary Anderson and Bessie Gibson Anderson.
Katherine loved her family and enjoyed the many times when they would gather together and
she could cook wonderful meals with them. She was “Nannie” to all who knew her. She
was a wonderful Christian; each time the children left, she always reminded them to “Go with
God.”
She was preceded in death by her husband Eldro Theodore Jackson Holt; two brothers and
three sisters.
Katherine is survived by one son, Eldro Jessie Holt of Rogers; five daughters; Brenda Schrik
and husband Chuck of Rogers, Cody Marie Schneck and husband Don of Rogers, Mary Jenny
McGarrah and husband Rodney of Garfield, Yvonne Slubowski and husband Roger of Rogers,
Susan Holt of Rogers; one sister, Alice Presser of Springdale; 9 grandchildren and 14 great
grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 1:00PM Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Stillwell Cemetery
east of Clarksville, Arkansas.
Memorials may be made in honor of Katherine Tietjen to Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Foundation, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207.
