Gunnar I. Tenglin
Born: March 2nd, 1887
Died: February 6th, 1974
Obituary
Gunnar I. Tenglin, 86, of 1321 Iowa, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, in Memorial hospital. He was born Mar. 2, 1887, in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Gustav and Hilda Blom Tenglin. Apr. 6, 1913, in Burlington he married Anna Amelia Anderson. She died Mar. 11. 1968. Mr. Tenglin, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, retired in 1959 after 22 years as a millwright at J.I. Case. He was the first man hired when the firm came to the city. He was of the Protestant faith. Surviving: One son, Gunnar S. Tenglin, Burlington; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one brother, Einar Tenglin, Stockholm, and one niece. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Prugh's Chapel, Rev. Donald Turkleson; Aspen Grove cemetery.