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Friday, September 8, 2017
Thomas Joe Fontinel
Age: 60
City: Victor
Funeral Date
Private family ceremony
Funeral Home
Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell
Friday, September 8, 2017
Thomas Joe Fontinel
THOMAS JOE FONTINEL
Victor
Thomas Joe Fontinel, 60, of Victor, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
He will be buried in a private family ceremony at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Thomas J. Fontinel Memorial Fund.
Those left to cherish his memory are his son, Sion (Amy); his grandchildren, Caden and Cole; his brothers and sisters, Kris (Doug) Blesie, Joy (Dean) Dolmage, Laurie (Henri DeFigueiredo) Chapman and Tim (Lisa) Fontinel; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.