Lloyd Edwin (Bud) Tenney

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Lloyd Edwin (Bud) Tenney was born on April 8, 1928, to Elsie M. (Collins) and Lloyd M. Tenney in Winnetoon, Nebraska. He went peacefully Home to his Savior on November 3, 2024, in Lincoln, NE.

Bud spent his junior high and senior high school years in Storm Lake, Iowa before attending Iowa State for his undergraduate degree. He then attended the University of Iowa Medical School. He did his medical internship at Denver General, where he met Barbara Todd. They were married on February 19, 1954. They were married for 34 years until her passing in 1988. He served in the Air Force as a flight surgeon in Wichita, Kansas before moving to Lincoln, Nebraska to do his medical residency at the VA hospital. He opened Lincoln Surgical Associates and was a general surgeon in Lincoln and throughout southeast Nebraska for forty years until he retired in 1998.

He was married to Dee Norton from 1990-2023. In his retirement he enjoyed traveling, landscaping, and spending time with his family. His love for Jesus was of utmost importance to him throughout his life. He has left his family a beautiful legacy of faith.

He is survived by his children Mike (Patti) Tenney, Doug (Meribeth) Tenney, Kathy (Jim) Jenkins, Sarah (Geoff) Meyer, 20 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday November 7, 2024, at First Free Church, 3280 S 84th St. (Livestream Available)

A visitation with family present will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM on Wednesday November 6, 2024, at Roper and Sons South Chapel, 3950 Hohensee Dr.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are designated for Immanuel Church 941 Charleston St. Lincoln, NE.

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Services

November6

Visitation

5:00 pm-7:00 pm CST

Roper & Sons South Chapel

3950 Hohensee Drive (40th & Yankee Hill)
Lincoln, NE 68516

(402) 261-5907

November7

Memorial Service

1:00 pm CST

First Free Church

3280 S 84th St., Lincoln, Nebraska

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November 8, 2024

Dr. Tenney welcomed me with his warmth and humor when I began working with his practice over 30 years ago. He was always kind and compassionate to his staff and patients. He also welcomed me as a fellow Iowa State grad which was a tough road to have travelled amongst the Sea of Red at his practice. My sympathy to his family. Know that he is resting in the arms of his Savior now.

– Cathy Petersen

November 7, 2024

Bud was a great neighbor for many decades. My strongest memory was seeing him caring for his lawn, flowers and trees. Perhaps his surgical skills transferred to his residence landscape. He was such a kind and gentle person. We send condolences to his family and very much regret not being in Lincoln to attend his services. Karen and Robert Duncan

– Karen and Robert Duncan

November 5, 2024

Dr. Tenney was the senior surgeon when I first joined his practice in 1997. I enjoyed operating with him both in Lincoln and “out and about” at the small towns that he took care of surgically. Bud was respected by his colleagues and very much by his patients and the communities he served so faithfully. I enjoyed his dry sense of humor! I am sorry about his passing, but I know he has heard “Well done, good and faithful servant” from his Master. I tip my hat to this great man that meant a lot to me and many others.

– Tim Cole, MD

November 5, 2024

I got to “scrub in” with Dr. Bud when I was a family doctor in Geneva, NE. years before Carol and I became fast friends and travelers with Mike and Patti. Bud was alway a focus of their devotion and respect. I sensed though, from Mike, that he had learned many times what I did in the few times I was across the operating table from Dr. Tenney – pay attention, no fooling around here. With ALL due respect for a very respectable man. Prayers for the grieving. Joy in the memories.