Darwin Gene Twedt (1936-2006)

TWEDT, ARNESON, THOMPSON, SAMPSON, WOSTER, FRANDSEN, TJELMELAND, SANDERS

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/23/2006 at 08:02:03

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, January 20, 2006.

Darwin G. Twedt, 69, of McCallsburg, died Thursday, Jan. 19, at Story County Medical Center in Nevada. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Bergen Lutheran Church in Roland. Burial, with military rites, will be in Roland Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, Jan. 23, with the family present from 4 to 8 p.m. at Bergen Lutheran Church in Roland. Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada is in charge of arrangements.

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, January 21, 2006.

Darwin Gene Twedt, 69, of rural Nevada, died Thursday, Jan. 19, at Story County Medical Center in Nevada. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Bergen Lutheran Church in Roland, with the Rev. Rachael Hanson officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Roland Cemetery.

Darwin was born July 14, 1936, on the family farm northwest of McCallsburg to Hiram C. and Gertie C. (Arneson) Twedt. He attended grade school in McCallsburg and graduated from Roland High School. He also graduated from Ellsworth Junior College and attended Northwest Missouri State.

He served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He married Roberta Karen Thompson Aug. 27, 1960, in Radcliffe. He retired in 1999 as a warehouse man for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was a member of Bergen Lutheran Church in Roland and American Legion Post No. 334 in McCallsburg. He enjoyed the outdoors, sports and John Deere tractors.

He is survived by his wife, Roberta Karen (Thompson) Twedt of rural Nevada; three sons and their families, Douglas Gene Twedt and his wife, Deborah, and children Samantha and Allison of Walker, Richard Allen Twedt and his wife, Stacey, and children Madison and Nathan of Marion, and Trenton Neal Twedt and his wife, Jennifer, and children Garret and Cora of Roland; three brothers, Alvin "Bud" Twedt of McCallsburg, Harlan Twedt of Lonoke, Ark., and Paul Twedt of Ames; four sisters, Olive Sampson of Story City, Shirley Woster of McCallsburg, Charlotte Frandsen of Apopka, Fla., and Mary Tjelmeland of Bloomington, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, Diane Sanders of Ellsworth and Barbara Thompson of Tuttle, Okla.; four brothers-in-law, Gary Thompson of Garden City, Brian Thompson of Williamsburg, Curtis Thompson of Ankeny and Paul Thompson of Garden City.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at Bergen Lutheran Church in Roland.

A memorial fund has been established in Darwin's name.

Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada is in charge of arrangements.

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