Leola Bernadetta Tenholder

Tuesday, September 20, 1921 to Monday, April 26, 2004 A Resident of Leopold, MO Visitation Services will be held on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, MO Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 10:00 AM at the St John's Catholic Church in Leopold, MO The Final Resting Place is at the St John's Catholic Church Cemetery in Leopold, MO Leola Bernadetta Tenholder, age 82, of Leopold, MO died Monday, April 26, 2004 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born September 20, 1921 at Leopold, daughter of Martin P. and Johannah A. Vandeven Tenholder. Ms. Tenholder earned her nursing diploma in 1946; from DePaul University she received her bachelor's and her master's degree. She worked for St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, Indiana as an Assistant Administrator from 1958 to 1961; St. Mary's Hospital in Superior, Wisconsin, as an Assistant Administrator from 1961 to 1963; in 1963 she returned to St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and worked as an Administrator from 1963 to 1969; from 1969 to 1970 she worked for St. Mary's Hospital in East Saint Louis, IL as an Assistant Administrator; in 1970 to 1972 she worked for St. Anne's Hospital in Chicago, IL as an Assistant Administrator; from 1972 to 1974 she worked for St. Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago, IL as an Administrator; from 1974 to 1980 she worked for the Shriners Children's Hospital in Portland, Oregon; she then moved to Oak Park, IL where she worked for the Oak Park Hospital as an Assistant Executive Director from 1980 to 1986. She retired from Bond's Nursing Home in Marble Hill where she was the Director of Nursing. She was a member of the Indiana Hospital Association from 1963 to 1967; the Fellow of American College of Hospital Administrators, a member of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist Church in Leopold, Legion of Mary Auxiliary, the Ladies Sodality, and a Red Cross volunteer. Survivors include four sisters Agatha Debrock and Juliana Elfrink both of Leopold, Rosalia Elfrink of Belleville, IL, Mary F. Vandeven of Marble Hill, and several nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her parents and one brother. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 28, 2004 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Parish Prayers and K of C Rosary at 7:00 P.M. Funeral Mass will be Thursday at 10:00 A.M. at the St. John, Apostle & Evangelist Church in Leopold, Rev. Bill Huggins Officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.

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Leola Bernadetta Tenholder

September 20, 1921 - April 26, 2004