Tweeten, Maynard Jerome (1932-2017)
TWEETEN, FLUGUM, HAGEN, PIERSON, HERMANSON, KOLLASCH, TREFZ, MAYER, RODENROTH, HOOD, TOVREA, JOHNS, MEIER, JOHNSON, GILBERTSON, HOLTAN
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/29/2017 at 15:22:20
Maynard Jerome Tweeten
November 26, 1932 - December 22, 2017Surrounded by his family, Maynard Jerome Tweeten, 85, returned to his heavenly home at the Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, Texas, on December 22, 2017, after a short illness. His devotion to his family and his firm belief in God supported him and ultimately gave him peace.
Maynard was born to the late Gilbert and Mae Tweeten on the Tweeten farm southwest of Joice on November 26, 1932. Baptized on Christmas Day, 1932, and confirmed on May 16, 1948, at the Winnebago Lutheran Church, rural Lake Mills, he attended country school through the sixth grade. He, then, enrolled at the Lake Mills Community School where he graduated in 1951.
After enlisting in the Army in 1953, Maynard was stationed in Germany. Following his discharge in 1955, he began working for Rilco Laminated Products in Albert Lea, a job he held until he took over the family farm in 1956. Starting in 1970, he, also, worked as an electrician. Following a heart attack in 1997, he retired from both farming and his electrical business. The farm became a Century Farm in 2013.
After retiring, Maynard and Marilyn found great purpose in volunteering at the Rio Grande Bible Institute in Edinburg, Texas, from 2000 to 2006. During that time, they had the privilege of helping establish a small orphanage in Carmargo, Mexico. The work was hard, but the rewards were plentiful. While volunteering at RGBI and spending winters in Texas, they, also, established numerous remarkable friendships. Moreover, over the years, Maynard and Marilyn were able to travel to all fifty states, making many of those trips with four young children in a pickup camper.
Maynard was blessed with a large and loving family. He married Marilyn Flugum on January 28th, 1956, at the Winnebago Lutheran Church. Subsequently, they were blessed with three daughters, one son, fourteen grandchildren, and twenty-two great grandchildren.
Maynard is survived by his wife, Marilyn, his daughters: Susan (Steve) Hagen, of Rudyard, Michigan, Kathleen (Milt) Pierson, of Houston, Texas, and Elizabeth (Bradley) Hermanson, of Spirit Lake, Iowa; his son, Alan (Donna) Tweeten, of Clive, Iowa; fourteen grandchildren: Joshua (Rachel) Hagen; Joel (Amber) Hermanson; Michelle (Matt) Hood; Renae (Landon) Kollasch; Katie (Aaron) Mayer; Emily and Jeffrey Pierson; Jessica (Tyler) Rodenroth; Carlie (Zeth) Tovrea; Nicole (Dan) Trefz; and Benjamin, Ella, Maxwell, and Nicholas Tweeten; twenty-two great-grandchildren; his brothers, James, Stanley (Joyce), and Luther (Eloyce) Tweeten; his brothers-in-law, Bernard (Arlene), Curtis (LaDonna), and Neal (Joyce) Flugum; and his sisters-in-law, Karen (Wayne) Johns and LeAnn Meier; as well as by a large extended family and a host of close friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Alvin Tweeten and Komer Johnson, two sisters, Olive Gilbertson and Ruth Holtan; and five sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, December 29, 2017, at the Winnebago Lutheran Church, rural Lake Mills, with Pastor Bill Peters officiating. Burial will follow in the Winnebago Lutheran Church Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Lake Mills Otto Chose Post #235. Visitation will be on Thursday, December 28, 2017, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main Street, Lake Mills, and will continue for one hour before the service at the church on Friday.
Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, Iowa, 2017.
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