Tesene, John Everett

TESENE, EVERETT, STEVENS, BRYANT, KRUGER, HOLLOWAY

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/26/2013 at 23:19:17

John Everett Tesene, 92, Manly, died Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at the Manly
Nursing & Rehab Center.

A funeral mass for John will be held 10:30 A.M. Friday, September 28, 2012, at
the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manly, with Reverend John Gossman
officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery with military graveside
honors conducted by members of the Edward Tosel American Legion Post #110 of
Manly. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. with a scriptural
wake service at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday at the Bride Colonial Chapel, 110 East
Spring Street, Manly.

John Everett Tesene was born on September 2, 1920, on a farm in Clear Lake, the
son of Roy and Mabel (Everett) Tesene. While John was an infant, his father was
struck by lightning and killed while he was baling hay. John graduated from
Mason City High School in 1939, and worked on the uncle’s farm in Manly until he
enlisted in the Navy on December 15, 1942. John was stationed in Boston,
Massachusetts, and Melville, Rhode Island, for Motor Torpedo Boat training.
While in Boston, he met his future wife Barbara Stevens on a blind date. John
spent three-and-one half years on a Torpedo Boat, Squadron 5, in the South
Pacific. While on leave, he married Barbara on May 13, 1945, at the St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church in Clear Lake.

After his honorable discharge on October 12, 1945, John farmed for eleven years
in the Manly and Mason City area. In April 1958, John went to work at the
Farmers Coop in Manly were he worked for 27 years until his retirement on
December 31, 1985. John also enjoyed helping Dennis, his son-in-law work in the
fields during harvest.

John was a loving husband, father, and grandfather and enjoyed family time spent
with all his family. John enjoyed playing cards, watching auto races on TV,
reading traveling, and camping. John and Barbara spent 16 years wintering in
Alamo, Texas.

John was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manly, charter member of
the Manly Lions Club, a member of the Edward Tosel American Legion Post #110 of
Manly, was on the RSVP advisory board for 6 years, former president of the Manly
Senior Center.

Those left to cherish his memory is his wife Barbara, of 67 years; his children,
Steve (Pat) Tesene of Clive, Patricia (Gene) Bryant of St. Charles, MO, Roy
(Connie) Tesene of Garner, Kathy (Dennis) Kruger of Manly, and Deb (Perley)
Holloway of Mason City; 18 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren; his sisters,
Betty Jacobson of Clear Lake, Beverly (Tom) Burnett of Northfield, MN; his
brothers, Bob (Lea) Roberts of Ridgeway, CO, and David (Karen) Roberts of Falls
Church, VA; sister-in-law, Florence Cusick of Gloucester, MA; and well as many
nieces and nephews, and many other extended family members and friends.

John was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Mabel Tesene Roberts; and a
grandson, Scott Christeson.