Olga H. Peet

Olga Henrietta Tweeten was born February 19, 1909, in Forest City, IA, to Knute and Susanne (Halvorson) Tweeten. She was the third of four daughters. Olga was raised in Lake Mills, IA, where she attended country schools. In 1917, the Tweeten family moved to Comstock, MN, where they farmed. Olga attended Comstock Public School and graduated from Moorhead (MN) High School in 1926. After receiving her teaching certificate, Olga taught for seven years in one-room schools in Wilkin, Clay and Cass Counties.
Olga was united in marriage to David N. Peet, of Wolverton, MN, on June 2, 1936, in St. Cloud, MN, and they spent their married lives farming in Deerhorn Township, near Wolverton.
David preceded her in death on March 16, 1995, and Olga continued to make her home on the farm until moving to Villa Maria, Fargo, ND, in January of 2001. With her family by her side, Olga went to be with her Lord on Thursday, June 3, 2004, at Villa Maria, at ninety-five years of age.
Olga is lovingly survived by her four children, Dorothy (Al) Hanson, Denver, CO, Nancy (John) Tompt, Frazee, MN, Michael Peet, Wolverton, and Kenwood (Diane) Peet, Dawson, MN; five grandchildren, Jill Jones, Angela (Scott) Linde, Heidi (Scott) McKenzie, Laura Peet Erkes and David Peet; seven great-grandchildren, Karli and Kelli Jones, Roxanne, Ted and Tiffani Linde, and Jesse and Sara McKenzie; and one sister, Alice Sheldon, Fargo.
In addition to her husband, Olga was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Kathy Jo Tompt; and two sisters, Lovilla Nichol and Kathryn Massey.
Memorials are preferred to the Wolverton Evangelical Free Church Building Fund and The Gideons International.
A visitation will be Sunday, June 6, 2004, from 3 - 6 PM, at Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead. The memorial service will be Monday, June 7, 2004, at 2 PM, in Bethel Evangelical Free Church, Fargo. Interment will be in Deerhorn Cemetery, rural Wolverton,