TENOLD, Geraldine (Priem) 1923-2010

TENOLD, PRIEM, MEYERS

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 12/28/2010 at 12:39:06

Geraldine (Priem) Tenold 1923-2010

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa - Geraldine Tenold, 86, West Liberty, died Friday July 9, 2010, at University of Iowa Hospitals, following a fall.

Mrs. Tenold was born December 9, 1923, in Carpenter, the daughter of Lincoln and Ina Priem.

Per her wishes, graveside services were held in St. Ansgar, July 12. Burial was in the Tenold/Priem family plot at First Lutheran Cemetery.

She was a 1941 graduate of Carpenter High School and a 1945 graduate of St. Olaf college in Northfield, Minn.

She taught business courses prior to marriage. She married Vern Tenold April 17, 1949, and raised five children, born from 1949-62.

She was a member of the Lutheran faith during her childhood and young adulthood. She later became a member of the Worldwide Church of God from 1968-95, and the First Church United, West Liberty.

She lived for her children and would do anything for them. Her legacy includes compiling wonderful photo albums of both sides of her family and her husband's family, including information dating back to the 1800s. She was a letter writer and spent many a winter day writing long letters of love and family news to her relatives and friends. A letter from her was a wonderful gift of heart, sometimes taking a day to complete on her trusty manual typewriter.

She loved the backyard of the home she had shared with her daughter, Lori for the past 13 years. She had a wide animal menagerie including birds, squirrels and rabbits. She was an excellent cook and baker, and was known for her Norwegian delicacies. She was a true Proverbs woman, very compassionate and caring to family, friends and neighbors. She would give the shirt off her back to anyone in need, especially her children, and often the gift of time and motherly assistance in the households of her daughters.

Survivors include two sons; Bruce Tenold of Waterloo, and Mark Tenold and wife, Shanna of Burns, Tenn.; two daughters, Jill Tenold and Lori Tenold, both of West Liberty; her brother's only child, Connie Meyers and husband, Philip of Nisswa, Minn.; two sisters-in-law, Grace Tenold of Kensett, and Lois Tenold of Albert Lea, Minn., three grandchildren, Joshua Tenold and wife, Jennifer of Alexander City, Ala., Matthew Tenold of Opelika, Alabama, and Corey Tenold of St. Paul, Minnesota; two great-grandchildren, Gavin Tenold and Hayden Tenold of Alexander City, Alabama; many special cousins, nieces and nephews, classmates and former students.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Lincoln and Ina Priem; grandparents Frederick and Barbara Priem and Charles and Rusina Culbertson; a brother, Eugene; husband, Vern Tenold; daughter, Gerine Tenold, many cousins along with a special cousin, Rhea Wind, that was like a sister, a beloved cat Scout.

[ Muscatine Journal, Wednesday, July 21, 2010 ]
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NOTES:
Her husband died in 1983.

Social Security Death Index:

TENOLD, VERN
b: 22 Oct 1926
d: Jul 1983
age: 56
res: 52776 (West Liberty, Muscatine, IA)
ssn: Iowa 482-32-9231