Marlo R. Tveter, 61, Oakes, N.D., formerly of Mooreton, N.D., died Monday, July 20, 2009 at Innovis Health in Fargo, N.D. Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, is in charge of arrangements.
The funeral service will be Friday at 10:30 a.m., at Grace Lutheran Church, Oakes, with the Rev. Gordie Lee officiating, and a visitation Thursday at Willow Creek Chapel (920 3rd Ave. N.) Wahpeton, from 5-8 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service and one hour before the service at the church on Friday.
Burial will be at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Mooreton.
Marlo was born July 15, 1948 at Breckenridge, Minn., the son of Harry M. and Margaret (Krause) Tveter. He grew up in Mooreton where he attended grade school and graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1966. He served in the US Army from October of 1966 to September of 1968 during the Vietnam War. After being Honorably Discharged, he worked for Vernon Brozowski Construction. Marlo was united in marriage to Karan J. Hejtmanek on Aug. 22, 1970 at Fargo. They lived in Wahpeton where he attended North Dakota State College of Science before they moved to St. Paul, Minn. where he worked for the Minnesota Government. Marlo purchased and operated the Ark Lounge in Oakes from 1976 to 1978. The family then moved to Valley City, N.D. where Marlo attended Valley City State University and received his Bachelor Degree in Education. In 1980 the family moved to Grand Forks, N.D. where Marlo obtained his Masters Degree in Law at University of North Dakota. The family then lived in Mooreton before Marlo started work as an airline dispatcher at Houston, Texas and Lansing, Michigan. He later returned to Oakes where he worked several years for Dakota Improvement and was elected mayor of Oakes from 2003 to 2007. Marlo was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Robert Bergman American Legion Post No. 283, Mooreton, where he was past District Commander and Eastern Region Vice Commander; Barney VFW Memorial Post No. 9366, where he was lifetime member; and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans.
Marlo is survived by: a daughter and two sons, Kimberly Tveter, West Fargo; Timothy (Tracy) Tveter, children, Damien and Reece, Tomball, Texas; Thomas (Tammy) Tveter, children, Nicollette and Presely, West Fargo; two brothers: Russel (Tina) Tveter, Wilber, Neb.; and Kim (Brenda) Tveter, Fargo.
He was preceded in death by: his father, Harry, his mother, Margaret, and his brother, Nolan.
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