Lyle Tennant
August 16, 1914 ~ March 10, 2010
A Celebration of Lyle’s life was held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the United Methodist Church in Gettysburg with Pastor Don Watt officiating. A prayer service was held at 7:00 p.m., Friday, March 19, 2010 at the church.
Lyle B. Tennant was born August 16, 1914 to Lewis and Zellora (Churchill) Tennant in Potter County where he grew up and remained most of his life. Lyle did spend two years in the CC Camp at Pierre working at Farm Island. He was also drafted and sent to Brookings to be trained to do lathe work. However, Lyle was never sent anywhere and was allowed to return home.
On August 7, 1937 he married Doloris Zuber at Pierre. In 2007 they received national recognition on the Paul Harvey show for their outstanding 70 years of marriage.
Lyle spent his entire life doing what he loved. In 1938 he started his commercial trucking business and continued until his retirement in May 1996. He loved that on his 80th birthday he bought himself a new truck.
In Lyle’s spare time, you could always find him sitting in his truck puffing a cigar and listening to Paul Harvey or having a good cup of coffee with his friends at the Medicine Rock Cafe. He also immensely enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and playing solitaire.
Lyle’s life will be treasured by his wife of 72 years: Doloris of Gettysburg; his eight children: Phyllis Robinson of Dillon, MT, Leila Tiegen Woods of Lake Havasu City, AZ, Mary (Dennis) Hagny of Gettysburg, Maurice “Mick” (Karen) Tennant of Lebanon, Sheila (Jim) Beringer of Spearfish, Brian (Lorraine) Tennant of South Weber, UT, Brad Tennant of Aberdeen and Tony (Donna) Tennant of Springfield; 20 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; three step grandchildren, two step great grandchildren; one daughter-in-law, Becky Tennant of Aberdeen; one sister-in-law: Mildred Zuber of Gettysburg and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant son Gerald Dean; eight sisters; two brothers; daughter-in-law: Melissa Tennant; three sons-in-law: Bob Robinson, Donald Tiegen, and Ken Woods; and one step granddaughter, Katie Koesters.
Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Lyle's arrangements.
CLERGY
Pastor Don Watt
EULOGIST
Mervin Mewes
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All of Lyle's Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren
USHERS
Karen Willey
Carletta Kilian
PIANIST
Donna Hanson
VOCALIST
Chad Tennant
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Where do I begin,Lyle will be greatly missed by me,he had a very special place in my heart and will always have.Him and I had many laughters,each morning he would great me with a good morning and that heart breaking smile he had.It is always so hard to let go but we have to remind ourselves he is in a wonderful place and still with us in a different way!The day is still very fresh in my mind when he was crownd King the surprise look on his face was priceless. God Bless you all.
The South Dakota Trucking Association sends our thoughts and prayers out to the entire Tennant family in your time of sorry!
Lyle’s Family,
So sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Will never forget surprising him on Main St in Rapid City when you all were out here celebrating Lyle and Dolores’s Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary. He reminded me every time he saw me after that I could have gave an old man a heart attack.
Shari Neyhart (Max’s daughter)
well lyle it,s been a long old road,your work ethics have been an inspiration for us younger drivers see you later jim
Brad: Lois and I wish to convey our condolences to you and the Tennant family. Your father lived life the way we all should, he enjoyed and did what he loved best. You all have been truly blessed to have such a loving and sharing father and mother.
Sincerely,
Lonis & Lois Wendt, friends through Lewis and Clark and history.
Dear friends and Family of LYle,
I was a nurse at Faulkton Health care during the time he was a resident there. He was so enjoyable to take care of as he was always in good spirits even tho he was in pain with is fractures. He always had a smile. It was a joy to care for him and meeting his family.
May God be with you all
Regina Breilting, Aberdeen.SD
brad and family,
was sorry to hear the news.
With deepest sympathy. Lyle was a great room mate for Harvey. Couldn’t have asked for anyone better. God bless – Phil & Barb Hamburger
Unfortunately we are unable to travel to SD at this time. We send our heartfelt, sincere sympathies to Grandma, and to our aunts, uncles and cousins. We long to be with all of you, to share in remembering our beloved Grandfather.
Jakob remembers great-grandpa on the day he gave him a Nerf gun for Father’s day. Grandpa immediately started a war! Shooting Jakob with the nerf bullets!
Chuck and I both remember how Grandpa’s face lit up when he realized we brought him a Cuban cigar from the Bahamas! He couldn’t wait to get out to the truck in the driveway to “taste” it!
Mom, please accept our condolences on the loss of your Daddy. It pains us all that we cannot be there for you at this time. May you be comforted by the family that surrounds you and your the memories of him. He will always be a part of each and every one of us.
Dear Leila and family,
Dan and I send our heartfelt sympathy to you. We,like others, have such fond memories of your wonderful father…his humor and cheerfulness always come to mind.
There are wonderful memories with you and I since we were preschoolers and your parents have been very special to me all these years.
I will treasure the recent picture taken of your parents last year during the Gettysburg Homecoming parade (and our 50th Class Reunion!)
Love to you, dear friend, and your family. Sherrie