Tweed, Michael David (1944-2019)

TWEED, HOVLAND, BROWN, ALDEN, BROWN, MADSON, THOMPSON, WIELE, BOLTON, DEWALL

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 7/26/2019 at 23:35:27

Michael David Tweed
June 18, 1944 - April 11, 2019

Michael David Tweed, age 74, of Thompson, died on Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Mason City, Iowa.

Michael was born on June 18, 1944, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, to Harry Joe and Opal (Hovland) Tweed. Educated in Lake Mills, Iowa, he graduated from Mankato State College with a teaching degree in Biology, later earning a master’s degree in Counseling. He began his teaching career in Thompson, Iowa, in 1967 and continued working there until 1973. In 1968, he married Jeannine Brown of Coulter, Iowa. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last August. In 1973, he began pursuing a career as a New York Life Agent, and later, he, also, sold crop insurance before eventually retiring from selling that product.

Currently a member of the church council, active with the Hometown Market, a Boy Scout Leader, a Lions Club Member, and a Thompson Community Development Group member, he, avidly, followed the Green Bay Packers and the Iowa Hawkeyes. In addition, he loved to travel and enjoyed playing and watching men’s fastpitch softball.

He is survived by his wife, Jeannine, of Thompson, Iowa; two sons, Travis (Heather), of West Des Moines, Iowa, and Daris, of Denver, Colorado; two grandsons, Mason and Callen Tweed, of West Des Moines, Iowa; a sister, Dorothy Alden, of Sheffield, Iowa; a brother, Roger (Lib), of Cold Springs, Minnesota; two sisters-in-law, Barb Tweed of Lake Mills, Iowa, and Diane Brown, of Edina, Minnesota; and a brother-in-law, David Brown, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as by many nieces and nephews.

Mike is preceded in death by his parents; his parents-in-law, Howard and Emmerett (Madson) Brown, of Coulter, Iowa; a grandson, Carter Tweed; four sisters, Leona Thompson, Yvonne Wiele, Gayle Bolton, and Bonnie DeWall; four brothers, Deward Tweed, Don Earl Tweed, Dean Tweed and Ray Tweed; five brothers-in-law, Dale Thompson, Raymond Bolton, Fred Wiele, Hartley Alden, Don DeWall; and a sister-in-law, Iris Tweed.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 183 2nd Ave East in Thompson with Pastor Rod Hopp officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Thompson. Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Monday, April 15, 2019, at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main Street, Lake Mills, and will continue for one hour before the service at the church on Tuesday.

Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, Iowa, 2019.

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