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Sylvia E. <I>Mahnke</I> Tunell

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Sylvia E. Mahnke Tunell

Birth
Renville County, North Dakota, USA
Death
27 Oct 1991 (aged 79)
Mohall, Renville County, North Dakota, USA
Burial
Cut Bank Township, Bottineau County, North Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Sylvia E. Tunell, 79, Mohall, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1991 in a Mohall Nursing Center. Her funeral will be held Thursday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m. in Zion Lutheran Church, Mohall with burial in the Mohall Cemetery.

Officiating for the service will be Rev. Ann Fritschel, organist will be Mrs. Lila Lunde, Mrs. Luella Engebretson with special music. Casketbearers will include Ronald Wright, Ervin Hansen, Donald LaCrosse, Gene Hamel, Elmer Strand, Duane Kolbo, Gary Satran and Orville Satran.

She was born May 25, 1912 in Fairbanks Township, Renville County, rural Norma, to Paul and Christine Mahnke. She was reared there and graduated from the St. Agnes High School, Kenmare.

She married Leslie G. Tunell, Nov. 3, 1931 in Edmunds, ND. After their marriage they lived in Sherwood, Bottineau, and Seattle and in 1945 they moved to Mohall. Mr. Tunell died March 7, 1988. She had been a resident of the NC Good Samaritan Nursing Home since June of 1989.

She had been a long time employee of the American Legion Club, retiring in 1988.

She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church and was a charter member of Mohall Homemakers Club.

Surviving are daughter, Mrs. Winston (Lynette) Allen, Mohall; son, Paul F. of Roswell, MN; five grandchildren, Lori Thom, Lisa Johansen, Monica, Jeff and Keith Tunell; three great-grandchildren, Kevin and Kylie Thom, Dane Johansen; sister, Viola Mahnke, Minot.

Mrs. Tunell was preceded in death by her husband; parents; son, David; brother, Sylvester; two sisters, Fern and Helen.

From the scrapbook of Lillian Lundgren Zeltinger who passed away in 1997. Supplied by Nancy Zeltinger Austin.
Sylvia E. Tunell, 79, Mohall, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1991 in a Mohall Nursing Center. Her funeral will be held Thursday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m. in Zion Lutheran Church, Mohall with burial in the Mohall Cemetery.

Officiating for the service will be Rev. Ann Fritschel, organist will be Mrs. Lila Lunde, Mrs. Luella Engebretson with special music. Casketbearers will include Ronald Wright, Ervin Hansen, Donald LaCrosse, Gene Hamel, Elmer Strand, Duane Kolbo, Gary Satran and Orville Satran.

She was born May 25, 1912 in Fairbanks Township, Renville County, rural Norma, to Paul and Christine Mahnke. She was reared there and graduated from the St. Agnes High School, Kenmare.

She married Leslie G. Tunell, Nov. 3, 1931 in Edmunds, ND. After their marriage they lived in Sherwood, Bottineau, and Seattle and in 1945 they moved to Mohall. Mr. Tunell died March 7, 1988. She had been a resident of the NC Good Samaritan Nursing Home since June of 1989.

She had been a long time employee of the American Legion Club, retiring in 1988.

She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church and was a charter member of Mohall Homemakers Club.

Surviving are daughter, Mrs. Winston (Lynette) Allen, Mohall; son, Paul F. of Roswell, MN; five grandchildren, Lori Thom, Lisa Johansen, Monica, Jeff and Keith Tunell; three great-grandchildren, Kevin and Kylie Thom, Dane Johansen; sister, Viola Mahnke, Minot.

Mrs. Tunell was preceded in death by her husband; parents; son, David; brother, Sylvester; two sisters, Fern and Helen.

From the scrapbook of Lillian Lundgren Zeltinger who passed away in 1997. Supplied by Nancy Zeltinger Austin.


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  • Created by: Herb Schwede
  • Added: Jun 12, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11160634/sylvia_e-tunell: accessed ), memorial page for Sylvia E. Mahnke Tunell (25 May 1912–27 Oct 1991), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11160634, citing Mohall Cemetery, Cut Bank Township, Bottineau County, North Dakota, USA; Maintained by Herb Schwede (contributor 46530188).