Tena Idella Finn

Tena Idella Finn, 84, of Clarion passed away Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Wright Medical Center in Clarion.

Funeral services for Tena Finn will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 at the United Methodist Church in Clarion with Pastor Cynthia Finn officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Belmond.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 at Ewing Funeral Home, 602 N. Main St., Clarion, and continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Tena Idella Finn, the daughter of William and Lena Koenen Kaduce, was born on March 27, 1925 in Meservey, Iowa.

She grew up in Meservey and attended school.  After school Tena worked in Mason City for a few months.

Tena was united in marriage to Melvin Pannhoff in December of 1943 in Garner.  They lived throughout Wright County and were blessed with two children:  Myrna and Marlyn.

On June 1, 1953 Tena married Cecil Finn in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  The couple lived in the Belmond and Clarion area and was blessed with three more children:  Donna, Gary and Mike.

Tena worked all of her life raising her family, doing miscellaneous cleaning jobs around the Clarion area and was owner and operator of Tena’s Thrift in Clarion. She loved her family, garage sales, checkers, puzzles and cards.

She was a member of the Belmond Reformed Church.

Tena is survived by her children:  Myrna (Larry) Koenen of Bentonville, Arkansas, Marlyn Pannhof of Council Bluffs, Donna (David) Hoffmann of Renwick, Gary (Kim) Finn of Des Moines and Mike (Pastor Cindy) Finn of Des Moines; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; along with several nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands Melvin Pannhoff and Cecil Finn; her longtime companion Richard Harms; and 4 brothers: Theodore Kaduce and 3 that died as infants.