Teresa "Terri" May Tingle

Teresa “Terri” May Tingle, 66, passed away on Friday, June, 9, 2023, at Valley Hill Nursing Home of Hendersonville after a long battle of multiple sclerosis, mental illness and COPD. She was loved by the staff and had many friends at Valley Hill who were by her side always.

Terri was born on January 12, 1957, in San Francisco, CA, to the late Robert Eric Lindstedt and the late Nancy Gallienne Lindstedt Yost. She is survived by sisters, Karen Lindstedt Cline, of Rutherfordton, and Susan Leigh Yost, of Marshville; her best friend and lifelong advocate, John Walker Tingle, to whom she was married from 1979 to 2000; and niece, Jennifer Nichole Warren, of Denver, CO.

She loved going to the beach and had a compassionate love for animals. She had volunteered at Brother Wolf Animal Rescue holding and giving love to the animals that were up for adoption. She graduated from Asheville High School and attended Mars Hill College and Western Carolina University and had also worked as a waitress prior to her illness.

The memorial service will be held at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers Terri requested that donations be made to Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 8195, Asheville, NC 28814, or to Four Seasons Hospice, 211 N Main Street Hendersonville, NC 28792.