Several years ago I was able to make contact with folks in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, who were associated with the Historical Society.  I was, of course, researching the Tener family, and they had some information.  As an informatiponal relationship grew, I shared information about the family.

Then, I was to learn that there was going to be a presentation on John Kinley Tener I, of Moree, The Rock, Co. Tyrone.  

I could not make the trip to Ireland to see it, but the folks there kindly sent me a DVD of that presentation.

I have tried to figure out how to post the video to no avail.  The volumn is low, and the speaker's accident is difficult for me to follow - DISCLAIMER - I am hard of hearing.

A Tener Obituary: SUSAN WALLIS VOISSEM

 As work progresses on Book #3 of The Tener Chronicles I continue to update research of 'Family" that I may have not been in touch with for some time.  That is the case here.

On 12 August 2018 the Tampa Bay Times, Tampa Bay, Florida, published her death notice.  It also included a photo:

SUSAN WALLLIS VOISSEM

77, of St. Petersburg, FL passed away on August 4, 2018 at home with family by her side due to complications related to Alzheimer's disease. 

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 3, 1940, she spent her childhood in Boardman and Canfield, Ohio. As a child, she enjoyed singing duets with her brother, and her involvement in school theater continued throughout college. 

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Education from Miami University and her Master's in Education from Ball State University. She went on to teach typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping at Elyria High School in Ohio before moving to St. Petersburg in 1965 where she taught at St. Petersburg Junior College and Northeast High School. 

As an educator for 35 years, her enthusiasm for teaching and for her students earned her the respect and love of her students. She was devoted to her husband and family and instilled her passion for education and learning in her daughter and granddaughters. 

Susan is survived by her husband of fifty years, Norman Herman Voissem; her daughter, Theresa Ruano; her grandchildren, Alessandra and Isabella Ruano; her twin brother, Robert Ely Tener (Marilynn); and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert William Tener Jr. and Ruth Ely Tener. 

A Funeral Mass will be conducted on Tuesday, August 14 at 10:00 a.m. at Resurrection Catholic Church, 6819 Krycul Avenue, Riverview, FL, followed by interment at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, 5233 118th Avenue N., Clearwater. Memorial donations in Susan's name may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America at alzfdn.org or Resurrection Catholic Church.

 John Kinley Tener's Fifth Great Granddaughter...

Talia Cruz in JKT I"s 5th great grand daughter.  We have helped care for her for three days a week while her mother, our niece Cameron, and father were working thru the pandemic.  It has been a pure joy watching this child, currently 5 years old, grow, mature and become very self confident and - like many Tener Women, opinionated!  :>)

Cameron decided to take the summer off - to be with her children, Talia and Daniela, but we still get to see the girls because we are blessed to have a back yard big enough to allow some gardening.  And that is where this post comes from!

Cameron enjoys gardening.  So, back in the summer on 2019, among the plantings, were some pumpkin plants.  One of the plants, next to a large Meyer lemon bush, grew up into the lemon bush, and there it grew into a nice sized pumpkin.  Talia was three, and turned four, that summer - and in the Fall she harvested the pumpkin.   

Talia has a wonderful and creative imagination.  Her FIRST BOOK!!!!! was called, "Five Flying Ostriches", and it was written in a day a few months ago.  There is no record of that book because she gifted it to her friend.    This week she created her second book, "The Pumpkin That Wanted To Be A Lemon".  I enjoyed it so much, I decided to share it with you, so sit back and enjoy....

OH!  Talia just graduated from Kindergarden and her lettering is not where it should be for an inspiring author, so the "font" used in this effort is 'Cameron, 16 point' (you see my humor?)....

ENJOY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !