Thorvald Christian Tveten

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Funeral services for Thorvald Tveten were held Thursday, November 20, 1980 in the Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Northwood, with Pastor Randall Schlecht officiating.

Mr. Tveten was born May 22, 1885, in Norway, son fo the late Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Tveten. He came to the United States with his father and brother in 1904 to the Mayville area. He worked there as a farm laborer until 1911 when he homesteaded in Williston, farming there for a few years.

He married Beata Sondreaal in 1921 at Northwood. They farmed near Hatton and east of Northwood before making their home in Avon Township where they farmed since 1936. She died Feb. 12, 1957. He contintued to make his home on the farm and retired from farming in 1973. He was a member of the Ebenzer Lutheran Church of Northwood.

He is survived by one son, Thelmar, Northwood: eight grandchildren, Gary, Julie, and Darlene, all of Northwood; Barbara Johnson, of Moorhead, Beverly Siegel, Colorado Springs, CO, Linda Rowland, Farmersville, California, and Rita and Renae at home, and seven great-grandchildren.

The Norwegian television station, NRK, interviewed Mr. Tveten in Northwood, Eric Bye from the station spoke with him and at the end, Mr. Tveten shares a folk song from Norway.

https://youtu.be/C7HGMdLY4Tg