1934
Maxine
2014
Maxine Tenney
October 31, 1934 — October 19, 2014
Maxine Audrey (Amundrud) Tenney, 89, passed away Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at
Edgewood Senior Living Community in Blaine, Minnesota. She was born, October 31, 1924 in
Fairdale, North Dakota to Selmer and Agnes Amundrud. She attended Fairdale Elementary and
High school graduating in 1942. In 1947 Maxine married Philip Tenney at Aadalen Lutheran
Church in Fairdale. In 1949 she graduated from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota
with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Soon after moving to Yuma, Arizona where she worked
as a medical technologist. She and her family returned to the midwest, living in Walhalla, North
Dakota and Larimore, North Dakota. Maxine and her family then relocated to Barnesville,
Minnesota and later moved to Bemidji, Minnesota in 1965 where she earned an additional
teaching degree from Bemidji State University. While living in Bemidji she was active in the
American Association of University Woman, PEO CZ, and First Lutheran Church. She taught
Biology at Stillwater High School in Stillwater, MN for a number of years. In her retirement she
enjoyed time at her lake home in Park Rapids, Minnesota where her family loved to visit until
1992 when she relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee. In Knoxville she was active in her church
and PEO AH, returning to Minnesota in 2005. She enjoyed dancing, playing bridge, reading,
sewing and being with her children.
Maxine is survived by her sisters, Junis Dostert and Oranda Wilson, children Meredith (Richard)
Kehoe, Sidney (Thomas) Brock, Adriane (Robert) Dobbins, and Leslie (Bradley) Geving, 13
grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters, Edwina Lian and Benunie McIntee.
Visitation will be on Saturday, October 25th at 10am at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in
Fridley, MN. Funeral service will follow at 11am. Interment will be on at 3pm Sunday afternoon
on October 26, 2014 at Silvesta Cemetery in Fairdale, North Dakota. Special thanks goes to the
staff at Edgewood Senior Living Community and Allina Hospice Care.
Edgewood Senior Living Community in Blaine, Minnesota. She was born, October 31, 1924 in
Fairdale, North Dakota to Selmer and Agnes Amundrud. She attended Fairdale Elementary and
High school graduating in 1942. In 1947 Maxine married Philip Tenney at Aadalen Lutheran
Church in Fairdale. In 1949 she graduated from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota
with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Soon after moving to Yuma, Arizona where she worked
as a medical technologist. She and her family returned to the midwest, living in Walhalla, North
Dakota and Larimore, North Dakota. Maxine and her family then relocated to Barnesville,
Minnesota and later moved to Bemidji, Minnesota in 1965 where she earned an additional
teaching degree from Bemidji State University. While living in Bemidji she was active in the
American Association of University Woman, PEO CZ, and First Lutheran Church. She taught
Biology at Stillwater High School in Stillwater, MN for a number of years. In her retirement she
enjoyed time at her lake home in Park Rapids, Minnesota where her family loved to visit until
1992 when she relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee. In Knoxville she was active in her church
and PEO AH, returning to Minnesota in 2005. She enjoyed dancing, playing bridge, reading,
sewing and being with her children.
Maxine is survived by her sisters, Junis Dostert and Oranda Wilson, children Meredith (Richard)
Kehoe, Sidney (Thomas) Brock, Adriane (Robert) Dobbins, and Leslie (Bradley) Geving, 13
grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters, Edwina Lian and Benunie McIntee.
Visitation will be on Saturday, October 25th at 10am at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in
Fridley, MN. Funeral service will follow at 11am. Interment will be on at 3pm Sunday afternoon
on October 26, 2014 at Silvesta Cemetery in Fairdale, North Dakota. Special thanks goes to the
staff at Edgewood Senior Living Community and Allina Hospice Care.
Service
Redeemer Lutheran Church61 Mississippi Way Northeast
Fridley, MN 55432
Saturday, October 25, 2014
11:00 AM
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