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Swen Andrew Twedt

Birth	:	1 Sep 1887 Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA
Death	:	13 Jul 1981 Chester, Liberty County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Lakeside Cemetery, Hastings, Dakota County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.7468987, -92.8688965
Description	:	Liberty County Times, 20 Aug 1981 Swen Andrew Twedt was born Sept. 1, 1887 in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine county, Minn. He was the eldest of seven children born and confirmed at Atlanta Church in Ulen, Minn. He completed his elementary schooling in Fargo, Minn. In the few years that followed he worked as a bookkeeper at a general store and bank in Crosby, N.D. In 1911 he came to Hingham, Mont., where he worked at a general store/lumber yard. That same year he filed a homestead claim in the Black Coulee community located 14 miles south of Rudyard... Read More	Liberty County Times, 20 Aug 1981 Swen Andrew Twedt was born Sept. 1, 1887 in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine county, Minn. He was the eldest of seven children born and confirmed at Atlanta Church in Ulen, Minn. He completed his elementary schooling in Fargo, Minn. In the few years that followed he worked as a bookkeeper at a general store and bank in Crosby, N.D. In 1911 he came to Hingham, Mont., where he worked at a general store/lumber yard. That same year he filed a homestead claim in the Black Coulee community located 14 miles south of Rudyard and began farming there in 1912, the same year his childhood friend and wife-to-be, Minnie Sylte, arrived. She, too, filed a homestead not far from Swen's. On 16 Dec 1915 they returned to Ulen to be married in the Atlanta Church. They returned to Montana and continued farming. They spent their entire married life in the Rudyard community, except for the years 1922-1925 when they farmed near Hingham. Times were tough in those early days, and Swen often told his family about the grasshopper plague in 1923 when he was force to find work across the mountains on a highway building project near Olney. He and Minnie were very community oriented. They helped build and dedicate the old Black Coulee meeting hall in 1916, where the community held church services. Swen organized and was the first and only president of a Farm Bureau. He was concerned with organizing Farmer's Union Oil Company, Farmer's Union Elevator, Hill County Electric Co-op, Hi-Line Water Users, and Chinook Co-op Creamery. He was active in the church and had memberships in Hingham Lutheran Church and Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rudyard. Swen's hobby was politics and he kept up on current world political action via the news and media. In 1961 Swen and Minnie retired from farming and moved in to Rudyard. Minnie entered the Chester Rest Home in 1974 and passed away there in 1979. In those years that Swen lived alone he enjoyed the relaxation of reading and working in his yard. Due to failing health, he entered the Chester Rest Home two years ago in April. He remained there until his death Aug. 13 at the Liberty County Hospital. Swen would have been 94 years old next month. Survivors include four sons, Gordon of Great Falls, and Donald, Harold, and Allen of Rudyard; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Swen was preceded in death by his parents; by his five brothers, Bert, Robert, Selmer, Arthur, and John; and by his only sister, Thea. Funeral services were held at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rudyard. Swen was buried next to his life-long companion, Minnie, in Rudyard Cemetery.

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Swen Andrew Twedt's memorial is located at: Lakeside Cemetery, Hastings, Dakota County, USA.
When did Swen Andrew Twedt death?
Swen Andrew Twedt death on 13 Jul 1981 in Chester, Liberty County, Montana, USA
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Latitude: 44.7468987
Longitude: -92.8688965

Family Members:

Spouse

Minnie C. Sylte Twedt

(1888 - 1979)

Children

Irwin Donald “Don” Twedt

(1920 - 1994)

Harold Arthur Twedt

(1927 - 2013)

Allen John Twedt

(1929 - 2014)

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