Thomas Tungland

Thomas (Tom) O. Tungland, 76 passed away December 6, 2007 at Iowa Health
Hospice Taylor House following a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be 1:30pm Monday, December 10, 2007 at Hamilton’s Southtown
Funeral Home. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service.
Tom was born October 17, 1931 in Jackson, MN to Carrie and Adolph Tungland. He was a graduate of East High School and had worked for Iowa Power and Light Co . for 34 years. He served in the US air Force during the Korean War. Tom was a lifetime member of the Ambassadors Shrine Unit and enjoyed driving children to the Shriner’s
Children’ Shriner’s Hospital. He also enjoyed driving the golf carts the first day of the Iowa State Fair to raise funds for the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. Tom spent time with his friends at the Eagle’s Lodge 109 but, most of all, he enjoyed his family.
Tom is survived by his loving wife Pat of 31 years. His son; Tom of Des Moines, daughters: Lynn (Mark) Gillman of Franklin, TN and Denise (Keith) Van Egdom of Dodgeville, WI. He is further survived by his step-children: Nora Kinsey of Council Bluffs, Alan Kinsey of Iowa City, Lisa (Bill) Kirby and Sara (Kirk) Lee of Des Moines.
He is blessed with 14 grandchildren and one great grandson. Tom leaves his sisters: Sarah Emery of Ankeny and Marcella (Jack) Oatts of Jefferson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and five brothers. Tom was especially close to his brother Bob and has missed him for the last 18 years. They are now together again.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Iowa Health Hospice Taylor House or the
Shriner’s Children’s Hospital.

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