Tessa Jean Sauter, the infant daughter of Paul and Ann (Wanders) Sauter went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday evening, September 27, 2020 shortly after she was born at the Pella Regional Hospital. A private funeral and visitation will be held with burial in the Armah Cemetery near Keswick. The Tessa Jean Sauter Memorial Fund has been established at the US Bank, P.O. Box 500, New Sharon, Iowa 50207.

Those left to cherish and remember her name are her parents, Paul and Ann Sauter of Deep River; her big sister, Halle Sauter; her maternal grandparents, Gary and Lana Wanders of rural Pella; paternal grandparents, Brad and Jodi Sauter of Wiggins, CO; maternal great grandparents, Jerry and Marla Van Dee and Dorothea Wanders; paternal great grandmothers, Margaret Sauter and Patricia Seeman; her uncles, Ethan (Keelie) Wanders and Thayer (Brittney) Sauter; her aunts, Abbie (Mike) Brown, Amara (Andy) Mart and Megan (Jared) Reid; paternal cousins, Brooklynn, Jace, Quinn and McKenzie; two maternal cousins, Grant and Lyndi and many more relatives and friends that loved her.

Those who preceded her in death and took her in their arms when the Lord called her name are her maternal great grandfather, Dwight Wanders and her paternal grandfathers, Gary Seeman and Paul Sauter.