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Thoralf Martin “Tuffy” Sylten

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Birth	:	11 Apr 1905 Lennep, Meagher County, Montana, USA
Death	:	17 Dec 1999 Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Hiawatha Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.8601799, -95.5265198
Description	:	His parents immigrated from Norway about 1886 or 88. He was born in the Castle Mountains near Lennep, Montana. (now a ghost town) The family lived on a ranch near Absarokee, MT from 1906 to 1933. He married Nora Belle McLean on Nov 2, 1933 in Hiawatha. She died in 1972. Tuffy married Dorothy (Lear) Prewitt Aug 2, 1975 in Hiawatha. Deaths T.M. "Tuffy" Sylten, 94, of Hiawatha, died Friday evening, Dec. 17, 1999, at the Oak Ridge Acres Nursing Home in Hiawatha. He had previously been a patient of the Hiawatha Community Hospital for 10 days. He was born... Read More	His parents immigrated from Norway about 1886 or 88. He was born in the Castle Mountains near Lennep, Montana. (now a ghost town) The family lived on a ranch near Absarokee, MT from 1906 to 1933. He married Nora Belle McLean on Nov 2, 1933 in Hiawatha. She died in 1972. Tuffy married Dorothy (Lear) Prewitt Aug 2, 1975 in Hiawatha. Deaths T.M. "Tuffy" Sylten, 94, of Hiawatha, died Friday evening, Dec. 17, 1999, at the Oak Ridge Acres Nursing Home in Hiawatha. He had previously been a patient of the Hiawatha Community Hospital for 10 days. He was born April 11, 1905, in the Castle Mountains near Lennep, Mont., the son of Hans Hanson Iver and Constance Grotbo Sylten. The family lived on a ranch near Absarkee, Mont., from 1906 until 1933. He graduated from high school and later attended two years of college at Spokane, Wash. He came to Kansas in the early 1930's, where he farmed and owned and operated a dairy for 38 years, north of Hiawatha, retiring and moving to town in the mid 1970's. Mr. Sylten was a member of the First Christian Church, the BPOE #1741, Elks Lodge, and Kiwanis Club, all of Hiawatha, and the Kansas Farm Bureau for many years. He was an accomplished harmonica player, playing as a hobby. He was also an artist, designing scenes for the family's yearly Christmas cards. Tuffy was married to Nora Belle McLean on Nov. 2, 1933, in Hiawatha. She preceded him in death Feb. 7, 1972. He married Dorothy Prewitt Aug. 2, 1975, at Hiawatha. She survives of the home. Other survivors include a daughter, Sara Miller, Milwaukee, Wis.; two grandsons, Peter Miller and wife Kris, Grants Pass, Ore., David Miller and wife Anne, St. Paul, Minn.; two step-granddaughters, three step-great-granddaughters and a step-great-grandson. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Jherdes Anderson, and a brother, Harold Sylten. Celebration of Tuffy's life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha. Pastor Doug Amend of the First Christian Church of Hiawatha, will officiate. Interment will follow at the Hiawatha Cemetery. —The Hiawatha Daily World (Hiawatha, KS) Mon. Dec 20, 1999, p.2.

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Thoralf Martin “Tuffy” Sylten death on 17 Dec 1999 in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 39.8601799
Longitude: -95.5265198

Family Members:

Parent

Hans H. Sylten

(1864 - 1935)

Constance Sylten

(1866 - 1951)

Spouse

Nora Belle McLean Sylten

(1902 - 1972)

Dorothy L. Lear Werner

(1916 - 2009)

Siblings

Hjordes Sylten Anderson

(1898 - 1964)

Harold I. Sylten

(1901 - 1976)

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