Funeral arrangements have been announced for Monique and Spencer Tepe, the Columbus couple found fatally shot Dec. 30 in their Weinland Park home.
Friends of Monique Tepe, 39, and Spencer Tepe, 37, found them around 10 a.m. Dec. 30 in the upper floor of their home in the 1400 block of North 4th Street. The couple’s two young children were physically unharmed inside the home, along with the couple’s dog.
Visitation will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Jan. 11 at Schoedinger Northwest funeral home, located at 1740 Zollinger Road in Upper Arlington. A brief celebration of life will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
A celebration of life gathering will be held from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at Due Amici, located at 67 E. Gay St. in Columbus.
Columbus police have not publicly identified any suspects or motive in the Tepes’ deaths. On Jan. 5, police released security camera footage showing a “person of interest” walking in an alley near the Tepe home during the window of time 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. Dec. 30 when detectives believe the Tepes were killed.
Police have confirmed that an officer who went to do a well-being check on the couple about 40 minutes before their bodies were discovered went to the wrong address on the wrong street.
Funeral home releases new details about Spencer and Monique Tepe
The obituaries released by the couple revealed previously unreported information about the couple.
Monique and Spencer met online and “quickly grew their relationship into a solid foundation of love and respect with a side of goofiness,” the obituary says. The couple married on Dec. 13, 2020, in a private ceremony with family at their home.
Monique’s family moved from Chicago to Worthington when she was one. Monique played soccer as she was growing up, loved horses and was a runner. The obituary says she was also an “avid book reader.”
Monique also loved children and worked at a day care while she was a student at Ohio State University. She received a master’s degree in early childhood education. After having the couple’s two children, she was a stay-at-home mom “known for her bright smile, infectious laugh, caring heart and bubbly personality.”
Spencer was born and raised in Cincinnati, graduating from Mason Public Schools before attending Ohio State for his undergraduate degree and for dental school. He received a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and was passionate about the field, according to the obituary.
Spencer was also competitive “at almost anything” but particularly enjoyed soccer and golf, as well as entertaining family and friends and speaking in Spanish.
“Most of all, he focused on taking care of his family,” the obituary says.
The couple leaves behind their two children, Emilia and Beckham, as well as all four of their parents, Spencer’s sister and brother-in-law, and Monique’s sister, brother-in-law, brother, sister-in-law and grandmother.
The visitation is open to the public, but a representative from the funeral home said that members of the media or those seeking to publicize the event are not welcome.
Reporter Bethany Bruner can be reached at bbruner@dispatch.com.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Monique and Spencer Tepe remembered in obituary, funeral arrangements announced
Reporting by Bethany Bruner, Columbus Dispatch / The Columbus Dispatch
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