TENNY, Paul D. "Doc" 1932-2013

TENNY, DAVIDSON, THOMPSON, BARNARD, KINTZ, MARTIN, HEWIG

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 8/1/2013 at 23:21:07

[Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier, Wednesday, June 12, 2913]

CEDAR FALLS — Paul D. “Doc” Tenney, D.O., 80, of Cedar Falls, died at home Sunday, June 9, 2013.

He was born Sept. 27, 1932, in Palo, son of the Rev William C. and Edith Davidson Tenney. He married Florence “Dutch” Thompson in 1965 in Rockford, Ill., and they later divorced. He married Annette Barnard in 1971, and they later divorced. He then married Janet Thompson in 1984.

He graduated from Mount Vernon High School and attended Cornell College. In 1965, he graduated from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines. He opened a private practice in Glidden, and shortly after, served with the VA Hospital in Knoxville as senior grade officer. In 1971, he went to work for UNI Medical Service, where he practiced for 23 years, retiring in 1994. During medical school, he worked as a mechanic at an import car garage in Des Moines, where he began his racing career and preparing engines for Alfa Romeo. He was also a jazz musician, playing at numerous local venues and developed a woodwind mouthpiece re-facing business, serving elite customers worldwide.

Survived by his wife, Janet Thompson; two sons, Steven (Mindy) and Michael (Olya); three grandsons, Brian, Dustin and Joshua Tenney; a stepgranddaughter, Lisa Strueva; three great-grandsons, Nolan, Nathan and Clark Tenney; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sybil and Jerry Kintz, Phyllis Thompson, Kathy and Gary Martin, Bill Thompson, Gordon and Michelle Thompson and Tod and Pam Thompson; a niece, Patricia (Bill) Hewig; and many other nieces, nephews and friends.

Preceded in death by a brother, Craig D.; a nephew, Craig C. Tenney; and uncle, Philip Tenney.

Family will receive friends: from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls.

Memorials in lieu of flowers, may be directed to Cedar Bend Humane Society, 1166 W. Airline Highway, Waterloo 50703 or Cedar Valley Hospice, P.O. Box 2880, Waterloo 50702.

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