WAUKESHA - Ms. Claudia J. Tessman, 61, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. She was born in West Bend on Dec. 13, 1939, to Edward E. and Agnes Mae (nee Beck) Tessman. Claudia was employed at the Waukesha Training Center and had lived at Canaan House in Delafield and attended Sojourn Home daily.

She will be sadly missed by her sister, Vivian (Nick) Nicponski of Ocean Shores, Wash., Barbara (William) Wolfinger of Crown Point, Ind., Grace Reed of Vernon, Ariz., Corinne (Emile) Milovich of Spring Park, Minn., and Sandra (Vern) Bakken of White Lake, Mich. She is further survived by nieces, nephews and many friends at Waukesha Training Center, Canaan House and Sojourn Home.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Robert; her sister, Joyce Tessman; and her nephew, Jeffrey Bakken.

Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Friday, Dec. 29, at Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 1110 S. Grand Ave., Waukesha. The Rev. Donald Clarke will officiate. Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery.

For more information, please call Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 547-4035.