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Mary TenKate

Nov 9, 2009

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Mary Tenkate will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14 at the First Baptist Church in Lehigh Acres. Tenkate, 85, died of cancer.

She was born June 4, 1924 in Totowa Boro, N.J., and married Herman TenKate in 1947. She worked all her life to help support her family. They moved to Lehigh in 1981. Her hobbies included sewing, baking, shopping, family game nights and most recently writing poems praising Jesus.

She was preceded in death by her husband Herman in 1997. She is survived by five children, Herman Jr. of Lehigh, Dennis (Holly) of New Jersey, Susan (Joe) DiPaolo of Nevada, Linda (John) Kirkwood of Lehigh and David of San Carlos Park as well as three grandchildren, Lorraine (James) Doyle of Nevada, Christopher and Kayla Sapata, both of Lehigh.