Valde Tenhula was born in 1900 in a small village just south of Oulu, Kärsämänkylä in Temmes.
At the age of 22 he left for the US but returned in 1929 after 7 years in that country.
He has lived and worked in and around Oulu ever since. He had distinguished service in the Finnish Army, being a decorated war veteran.
We used to see him at the Hirosen Old People's Home almost every time we went to drop off or collect Annikki's mother.
But he was shifted to the Tuira Old People's Home some time ago.
His last moments of his 105 years in this world were spent at the Tuira Old People's Home, where Mika worked, when he was a teenager, looking after old people.
Valde Tenhula was the oldest registered resident of Oulu.
May his sould rest in peace.
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