TIENKEN, Lenora F. 1908-1999

TIENKEN, HOCKENS, ROBBINS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/6/2010 at 23:07:10

RICEVILLE - Lenora F. Tienken, 91, of Riceville, died Friday (Dec. 31, 1999) at the Colonial Manor in Elma.

Lenora was born Jan. 28, 1908, in McIntire, to Frank and Pearl (Hockens) Robbins. She attended school in McIntire and was united in marriage to Robert M. Tienken on July 3, 1924, in Cresco. Robert died in 1968.

Together they farmed in the Riceville area for the majority of their life together. Lenora moved to Riceville in 1974 and remained there until she entered the care center in Elma on July 6, 1999.

She is survived by a granddaughter, Karen Tienken, of Elma, and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at the Wayne Baptist Church in McIntire, with Gary Gilbert officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Riceville.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Hindt-Hutchins Funeral Home, 615 N. Broadway, LeRoy, Minn., and one hour prior to services on Monday at the church.

Hindt-Hutchins Funeral Home, (507) 324-5160.

[Globe Gazette, Saturday, January 1, 2000]
http://ncigs.org/obituaries/masoncity/2000/january1to5.htm