Gary Robert TENOLD

TENOLD, REINSMOEN, SCHLEUSNER, GOLL, INGWERSEN, FONKEN, FUNK, EIDE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/20/2013 at 12:40:09

November 21, 1941 --- April 21, 2013

Gary R. Tenold, 71, died April 21, 2013 in Spirit Lake. Gary Robert, the son of Alton and Carma (Reinsmoen) Tenold, was born November 21, 1941 in Forest City. He graduated from Joice High School in 1959 and attended North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, South Dakota State in Brookings, and graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science in Dallas, TX in 1963. He married DeEtta Schleusner on September 3, 1960, and to this union four children were born. Gary served funeral homes in Oelwein and Fort Dodge before he purchased a funeral home in Spirit Lake, which he and Dee operated until 1980 when they moved to Belmond and purchased funeral homes there and in Klemme. They lived in Belmond until Gary retired in 2001. They moved back to Spirit Lake, but Gary could not stay retired. He began a part time relationship with Schuchert Funeral Home for the next several years. He loved the funeral business and the service he provided to thousands of families for over 45 years.

Gary was active in the Catholic Church by serving on the parish council and teaching religion classes. He was also a Eucharistic Minister and usher for many years. He was past president of the chamber of commerce, served six years on the Belmond Hospital Board of Trustees, and was an active member of the 3rd and 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, serving two terms as Grand Knight. Gary enjoyed playing golf, working on the computer, and hunting and fishing with friends and family. He loved teaching his grandchildren how to hunt, and he especially liked building things in the wood shop for his family. The past six years Gary and Dee enjoyed getting out of the cold and being “Winter Texans.”

Preceding him in death were his grandson Wesley and brother-in-law Lyle Goll. Surviving are his wife DeEtta of Spirit Lake; daughter Kim (Mark) Ingwersen and their children Dr. Laura Ingwersen of Spirit Lake and Sarah (Brandon) Fonken and son, Brayden of Jewell; son Dr. Scott (Dr. Lee) Tenold and their children Jake and Cole of Chippewa Falls, WI; daughter Kristi Funk and her fiancé Bruce of Woodbury, MN and her children Austin Eide of Spirit Lake and Garrett of Milford; son Dr. Steven Tenold and his children Mackenzie, Cael, Carson and Cade of Belmond; sister Gloria Goll of Klemme; and brother Arlyn (Judy) Tenold of Joice.

A funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 10:30A.M. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spirit Lake. Visitation will be held Wednesday, from 4:00P.M. until 7:00P.M., with a scripture service at 7:00P.M. at the Schuchert Funeral Home. Burial will be at St. Margaret's Cemetery.

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