Tena Baruth, age 69, of rural Alpena, SD, died Thursday, November 17, 2011, at her home. Private family services will be held on Tuesday at Welter Funeral Home followed by a private burial service at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery. Public visitation with family present will be Monday from 6-8 p.m. at Welter Funeral Home. Tena (Trijntje) was born July 7, 1942 in Tzum, Netherlands to Sam (Sikke) and Minnie (Minke Einling) Boomsma. Tena, her parents, and four brothers and a sister immigrated by ship to the United States in February 1948. The family settled near Hitchcock, SD, on a family dairy farm near many of their other Boomsma relatives. Tena was naturalized as an American citizen on July 21, 1953. Citizenship was very important to her and her entire family. She graduated from Hitchcock High School on May 19, 1960. Tena attended Huron College and graduated on June 1, 1964, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. She received her Secondary Education Certificate on July 1, 1969, and her Master's Degree from South Dakota State University in August of 1994, with graduation ceremony in December 1994. Tena worked at Randall's grocery store in Huron while attending Huron College. Upon graduation in 1964, she began teaching at Carthage High School. She was the Business/Typing teacher as well as the first Girls Basketball Coach at Carthage. Roger and Tena were united in marriage on May 27, 1967, in Huron, SD at the United Congregational Church. They lived together on the family farm where they raised their five boys. They raised cattle, hogs, and chickens on the farm. Tena spent her life devoted to her family and raising their boys. In 1994, she returned to her teaching career and joy of working with children after seeing her boys begin lives of their own in college and working careers. She taught in the Huron School system for 13 years as an elementary and middle school Guidance Counselor. Tena spent many nights with Roger and their boys doing farm chores, cleaning chicken eggs, and selling them to Randall's on Sunday's on the way to church. She was the first and most influential basketball coach for her 5 boys with many hours playing basketball in the driveway regardless of the weather. Tena and Roger drove endless miles to attend their boys across the country for high school and college activities. Tena loved spending time with her many grandchildren and a big highlight this past year was her granddaughter, Jaycee, getting off the school bus at her house at least once a week to play. Tena and Roger enjoyed many trips to Wisconsin, Texas, Las Vegas, Utah, and many others the last several years since she retired. Tena is survived by her husband, Roger; her sons Mickey (Jody) Baruth, Sioux Falls; Rickey (Erica) Baruth, De Soto, KS; Robbie (Melissa) Baruth, Alpena; Corey (Lisa) Baruth, Alpena; Randy (Meghan) Baruth, Salt Lake City, Utah; her grandchildren Damon, Stuart, Courtney, Jared, Adam, Jaycee, Addyson, McKenzie, Samuel; sister Ranny (Al) Jones, Brookings; brothers John (Pam) Boomsma, Hitchcock; Eddie Boomsma, Huron; and George (Phyllis) Boomsma, Huron. Tena was preceded in death by her grandparents; parents (Sam and Minnie); brother Jake; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and relatives.