Dean Allen Tenley

Funeral services for Dean A. Tenley, 78, of Stanwood who died at home surrounded by his family Tuesday, July 17, 2012 will be held Saturday, July 21 at 10:30 am at Stanwood Union Church with Pastor Phil Leipold. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 20 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial will be in the Stanwood Cemetery with full military honors. Casket bearers are: Mike Dauber, Wade Engelkens, Gordon Farrington, Dustin Koberle, Tim Kuenzel, Garret Dean Moenk, Danny Wagner, and Wendell Wanek. Honorary casket bearers will be: Dale Tenley, Roger Tenley, John Tenley, John Koberle, Garret Moenk, Tom Weiland, Richard Meyer, and Paul Feuss. Dean was born November 18, 1933 at the Anamosa Mercy Hospital, to Howard and Mildred Horne Tenley. He was a graduate of Stanwood High School. Dean served his country in the US Army from 1954 - 1956. On June 1, 1957, Dean was united in marriage to Norma Jane Lyon at the Stanwood Methodist Church. After her death he married Doris Janet Lyon on August 18, 1965 in Rock Island, IL. Dean was a lifetime farmer. He also worked at Wilson's, Jack's Feed and Grain and Purethane. In 1995 he retired and moved to town where he liked mowing yards and loved talking to people. Dean enjoyed spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, and trapping. He was a member of the Stanwood Union Church, Izaak Walton League, Cedar County Sportsman Club and the Stanwood Cemetery Board. Dean is loved and survived by his wife Doris Janet Tenley; daughters, Dee Ann (John) Koberle of Stanwood, Donna (Garret) Moenk of Monticello, Diane (Paul) Feuss of Clarence, Deborah (Richard) Meyer of Mechanicsville, Denise (Wade) Engelkens of Stanwood; son, David (Ginger) Tenley of Stanwood; 16 grandchildren, Melissa (Tim) Brown Kuenzel, Dustin (Angela) Koberle, Garret Dean Moenk, Abby Moenk, Amanda Moenk, Anna Moenk, Jessica Tenley, Chuck Jones, Chad Jones, Jacob Jones, Dekota Feuss, Payton Feuss, Julie Meyer, Megan Meyer, Jenna Engelkens, Brooke Engelkens; 4 great-grandchildren, Zavior, Oakley, and Cohen Brown, Brooklyn Jones; sisters, Joyce Wagner of Stanwood, Mary (Jim) Clark of Tipton, Linda Walshire of Topeka, Kansas, Wanda (Gordon) Farrington of Mechanicsville, Martha Becker of Tipton; brothers, Richard Tenley of Mechanicsville, Roger Tenley of Stanwood, Dale (Donna) Tenley of Toronto, and John (Karen) Tenley of Stanwood. He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, Norma; brother, Steve; sister, Della; and grandson-in-law, Troy Brown.