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Elvira Tjossem Twedt

Birth	:	7 Mar 1889 Paullina, O'Brien County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	19 Sep 1972 Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Friends Cemetery, Le Grand, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0062000, -92.7856000
Description	:	* IN LOVING MEMORY OF * Elvira (Tjossem) Twedt was born on Thursday; March 7, 1889 on the farm near Paullina; O'Brien County, Iowa. Elvira was the daughter of Ole Pederson and Julia Norland Tjossem. She attended rural school, Dale #7, followed by attendance at Stavanger Friends School from which she was graduated in 1908. Stavanger is situated in Marshall County, south of LeGrand; Marshall County, Iowa. She married Chester Thomas Twedt on Wednesday; March 10, 1909 at her mother's home in Paullina, Iowa. They farmed in Marshall County first, then in South Dakota, O'Brien... Read More	* IN LOVING MEMORY OF * Elvira (Tjossem) Twedt was born on Thursday; March 7, 1889 on the farm near Paullina; O'Brien County, Iowa. Elvira was the daughter of Ole Pederson and Julia Norland Tjossem. She attended rural school, Dale #7, followed by attendance at Stavanger Friends School from which she was graduated in 1908. Stavanger is situated in Marshall County, south of LeGrand; Marshall County, Iowa. She married Chester Thomas Twedt on Wednesday; March 10, 1909 at her mother's home in Paullina, Iowa. They farmed in Marshall County first, then in South Dakota, O'Brien County, Iowa and back to Marshall County to Le Grand and then to a farm west of Melbourne; Marshall County, Iowa. One could find her most anywhere on the farmstead. She was a necessary part of the farming operations. She always had her chicken chores to do besides. In the home, her ingenuity ran rampant and she was constantly using her creative talents to fix up something in a novel fashion. The saw, hammer and the screw driver along with her paint brush or wallpaper tools were very such a part of her life. With the home being an important part of her life, one could also find her whipping up a meal for a table full of people in nothing flat. She prided herself in the fact that the table be set correctly and colorfully when a meal was to be served. After Chester passed away, Elvira realizing that the work involved with farming was more that she could handle. She sold the farm and bought a house in Melbourne, Iowa. Here again she was able to use her creativity to its utmost. She kept busy and soon found herself working as a clerk in a book and gift shop in Marshalltown for nine years. She drove the fourteen miles to and from Marshalltown in all types of weather. Besides her job she was an active member of Eastern Star in LeGrand, the LeGrand Literary Musical Club, the American Legion Auxiliary in Melbourne and the Business and Professional Women's Club in Marshalltown. Elvira was forced to spend her last years in a rest home in Marshalltown and passed away on Tuesday; September 19, 1972 in Marshalltown. She is buried in the LeGrand Friends Cemetery in LeGrand; Marshall County, Iowa.

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Elvira Tjossem Twedt's memorial is located at: Friends Cemetery, Le Grand, Marshall County, USA.
When did Elvira Tjossem Twedt death?
Elvira Tjossem Twedt death on 19 Sep 1972 in Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.0062000
Longitude: -92.7856000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Chester Thomas Twedt

(1883 - 1953)

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

Knude Tjossem

(1879 - 1880)

(unknow - unknow)

Children

Verlyn Orlando Twedt

(1917 - 2001)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Friends Cemetery
Le Grand, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0062000, -92.7856000

2. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Le Grand, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0210991, -92.7758026

3. Stavanger Friends Cemetery
Le Grand, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9673500, -92.7858000

4. Butlerville Cemetery
Tama, Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9973000, -92.7300000

5. Rock Valley Cemetery
Le Grand, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0078011, -92.8452988

6. Bowles Cemetery
Green Mountain, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0493147, -92.8053903

7. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Dillon, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9650002, -92.8227997

8. Wallin Cemetery
Marion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0527661, -92.8140879

9. Dobson Cemetery
Garwin, Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0527344, -92.7479553

10. Dodson Cemetery
Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0527992, -92.7478027

11. Iowa River Brethren Church Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0614490, -92.8257610

12. Strand Lutheran Cemetery
Dunbar, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9420433, -92.7793467

13. Maple Hill Cemetery
Montour, Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9756012, -92.7069016

14. Rouse Cemetery
Montour, Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9967003, -92.6875000

15. Mattingly Cemetery
Garwin, Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0527000, -92.6984000

16. Rock Creek Cemetery
Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0793991, -92.7283020

17. Rose Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0092010, -92.9021988

18. Turner Cemetery
Garwin, Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0355988, -92.6691971

19. Timber Creek Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9678001, -92.9100037

20. Green Mountain Cemetery
Green Mountain, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1026250, -92.8242800

21. Quinn Cemetery
Green Mountain, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0833208, -92.8743664

22. McIntosh Cemetery
Tama, Tama County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9868890, -92.6453060

23. Riverside Cemetery
Marshalltown, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0583000, -92.9131012

24. Brown Cemetery
Taylor, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0838000, -92.8889000