![]() She will be dearly missed by all who knew loved her.ĭarlene is survived by her children: Bennie, Dennis (Kelly Fredrickson), and Terry Tweeten, and his wife, Shelby, all of Forest City her grandchildren, Chelsey Faber, and her husband, Andrew, Travis Tweeten, and his girlfriend, Erin Cox, Tyler Tweeten, and Shaden Tweeten and her siblings, Florence Nelson, of Lake Mills, Beverly Erickson, and her husband, Norman, of Seeley Lake, Montana, and Larry and Richard Torkelson, both of Forest City as well as by many nieces and nephews. Most of all, however, she enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. In 2010, she took her very first plane ride in order to attend a Norwegian Festival (Norsk Hostfest) in Minot, North Dakota. She, also, enjoyed gardening, cooking, quilting, and dancing. For Darlene, playing music came naturally since she played by ear. A member of the Leland Ramblers with her late husband, she and Walden shared their musical talents for many years throughout North Iowa. She played the accordion, the guitar, and the organ, and she sang as well. Music played a major role in Darlene’s life. A lifetime member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Darlene, also, belonged to the Red Hat Society, the Leland Women’s Study Club, and the Sons of Norway. After retiring, she stayed active with her own sewing business (Darlene’s Country Sew) and as a food sampler at Bill’s Family Foods. To this union, three sons were born, Bennie, Dennis, and Terry.īefore she retired, Darlene had worked for the Winnebago County Extension, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, for GTE Telephone, and eventually, at People’s Natural Gas. ![]() Tweeten at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. ![]() In 1953, she graduated from Forest City High School. In 1942, her family moved to rural Forest City. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.ĭarlene L, Tweeten, a daughter of Wallace and Ida (Oppedahl) Torkelson, was born on July 27, 1936, in rural Rockwell, Iowa. ![]() Tweeten, 79, of Forest City, died on Monday, December 14, 2015, at St. TWEETEN, TORKELSON, OPPEDAHL, FABER, NELSON, ERICKSON, NORMANĭarlene L. ![]()
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