Arlys A. Weaver
Arlys Weaver died peacefully on December 8, 2020 at Neilson Place in Bemidji, where she enjoyed the last years of a life well-lived. She was born February 26, 1920, in Cando, North Dakota. Her father, Oscar Swenson, emigrated from Norway at age 4 with his family on a steamship to Ellis Island. The Swensons homesteaded near Saint John, ND. Her mother, Ella Bowen, was born in a covered wagon coming up from Iowa to Minnesota, and met Oscar in the farm country of North Dakota, where they worked just after WW1. Oscar and Ella moved to Minnesota, where they farmed on the Ponsford Prairie northwest of Park Rapids. Arlys met her husband, Harold Weaver, when he came to the Swenson farm with a threshing crew. Arlys and Harold married in 1940 and owned a dairy farm near Park Rapids. Arlys was a fine homemaker, but once her children were old enough, she worked at the Hubbard County Courthouse, the medical clinic, and the local gas company until her retirement. She enjoyed
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