Tweeten, Wanda Jean (1924-2011)

TWEETEN, WHORLEY, EVANS, GERDES, RICHARDS, STEEN, DAVENPORT, EISCHEN, GRIMM, LARSON, HORNBERGER, LARSEN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 11/27/2011 at 15:09:59

Wanda Jean Tweeten
September 29, 1924 - November 22, 2011

FOREST CITY - Wanda Tweeten, age 87, of Forest City, died Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at the Concord Care Center in Garner.

Wanda Jean Tweeten was born in Mason City, Iowa, on September 24, 1924, the daughter of Carl and Golda (Evans) Whorley. She received her education in Mason City and graduated from Mason City High School in 1942. After graduation, she worked at the Northwestern Cement Plant and for the Bell Telephone Company.

She met Orville Tweeten at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake when he was in the US Navy. They married on March 4, 1946, in Mason City. To this union, three children were born. The couple made their home in Forest City where Wanda worked at Great Western and the Forest City Summit. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and loved being in the kitchen helping to serve at funerals and other events. She enjoyed picnics at the lake, eating at her favorite restaurants, and playing cards with her friends.

Wanda treasured time spent with her family and especially with her dear childhood friend, Pat Haensch.

Wanda is survived by three children: Ann (Gary) Gerdes, of Forest City, Linda Tweeten and Sue Stone, of Garner, and Janet (Lynn) Richards, of Des Moines. Also surviving are three grandchildren: Jodie Steen, Ryan Richards, and Cassie Davenport; four great-grandchildren: Nicole Steen, Danny Davenport, Cobe Eischen, and Emily Davenport; three sisters-in-law: Arlene Grimm, Kay Larson, and Darlene Tweeten, and a brother-in-law, Lehman (Delores) Tweeten.

Wanda was preceded in death by her parents, her step-mother, Beulah Whorley, her husband, Orville, in 1999; her brother, William (Bill) Whorley; her sister, Marion Hornberger, her brothers-in-law: Walden Tweeten, Melvin Larsen, and Bob Grimm; and her sister-in-law Alice Worley.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, November 26, 2011, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Forest City, with Rev. Rod Hopp officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. on Friday, November 25, 2011, at the Petersen Lund Funeral Home, 505 N. Clark Street, Forest City, and will continue an hour prior to services at the church.

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