Thomas Jeffrey Ternes 1948-2008

TERESO, TERNES, MURRAY, OAKHILL, KELLY

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Date: 3/18/2008 at 08:45:57

Thomas Jeffrey Ternes

Thomas Jeffrey Ternes, 59, of Porter, Okla, formerly of Dubuque, died peacefully, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, after a brief illness.

Services were held at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Coweta, Okla. Moore Funeral Home, Tulsa, Okla., was in charge of arrangements.

He was born on Aug. 7, 1948, in Dubuque, son of John and Tereso Ternes. He graduated from Wahlert High School, Dubuque, and went on to play football at Marshall University, Huntington, W.V.

He worked for Wal-Mart Corporation for many years and in 1992, he and his wife moved to Porter, to live and ranch Verdigris Valley Farm.

He enjoyed raising cattle and harvesting pecans.

He will be loved and missed by all who knew him.

Surviving are his loving wife, Kimberly Ternes; his children, Tracy, Marc, Andrea, Nathan, Carissa, Nicole and Rachel; his mother, Tereso Ternes; brothers, J. and Joel Ternes; and sisters, Jennifer Murry and Julie Oakhill.

He was preceded in death by his father, John Ternes; a brother, Justin Ternes; and a sister, Jane Kelly.

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