Margaret Tveter

Margaret Tveter, 85, Pelican Rapids, MN, formerly Mooreton , ND , died Monday, September 25, 2008 at St. Mary’s Regional Health Center , Detroit Lakes , MN . The funeral service will be Friday, October 3, 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids, MN, with Rev. Lourie Skow-Anderson officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 PM to 8 PM with a 7 PM prayer service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, and one hour before the service at the church on Friday. Interment will be at St. Paul ’s Lutheran Cemetery , Mooreton , ND .

Margaret Krause was born March 25, 1923 at Hankinson , ND , the daughter of Robert and Elsie (Koppelman) Krause. At the age of 10 she moved with her parents to Barney Township . In 1938 the family moved to Ibsen Township , where she attended local school and graduated from Antelope Consolidated High School . Margaret worked and lived at the Bagg Farm near Mooreton. She was united in marriage to Harry M. Tveter on May 10, 1942. They made their home in Mooreton where she worked for Menne’s Grocery. They moved to Glyndon , MN in 1968 and later to Barnesville , MN and DeGraff MN . In 1980 they retired and moved to Lake Lizzie , MN .

Margaret was involved in her churches, at Mooreton Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church . She enjoyed fishing, visiting and traveling with friends and family.

Margaret is survived by three sons: Russell (Tina) Tveter, Wilbur , Neb. ; Marlo Tveter, Oakes , ND ; Kim (Brenda) Tveter, Fargo , ND ; 10 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, and her sister, Norma Moulsoff, Barney , ND .

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harry, her son Nolan, 2001, her brother Robert Krause and her sister Elaine Zentgraff.