Obituary: Myra Lantau Tunwall

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Myra Arlene Lantau Tunwall, 99, of Eldridge, passed away on Saturday Feb. 1, 2020, at Grand Haven Retirement Community. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, at Faith Lutheran Church, Eldridge. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb, 6, at the church. Burial will take place at Davenport Memorial Park. Memorials may be left to Faith Lutheran Church in Eldridge, Blackhawk Hiking Club, Activity Department at Grand Haven Retirement Community or Heartland Hospice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.weertsfh.com.

Myra was born on Nov. 26, 1920, in Luverne, Minn., to Hugo and Jennie (Kleemier) Baustian. She graduated from Davenport Central High in 1936. She married Earl Lantau on Sept. 20, 1942, in Davenport. He preceded her in death in 1991. Myra later married John Tunwall on May 21, 1995, in Eldridge. He preceded her in death in 2002.

Myra was a longtime member of Faith Lutheran Church, where she sang in the choir and cantatas, a member of the Black Hawk Hiking Club, Tuesday Group Walking/Biking Club, Eldridge Fitness Center, Red Hat Society, and in 2011 was inducted into the Senior Olympics Hall of Fame. She volunteered at Genesis Hospital and the Discovery Shop. She enjoyed many outdoor activities. Myra was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.

Those left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Trudy (Les) Koch of Toledo Iowa; stepdaughter, Gail (Bruce) Bindewald of Bettendorf; stepsons, Craig (Carol) Tunwall of Ballston Spa, N.Y.; Warren (Deb) Tunwall of Iowa City; sister-in-law Beverly Baustian of Ames; seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, infant son Dennis; sister. Eva (Claire) Hoffman; brothers, Harold (Ione) Baustian and Don Baustian.

 

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