FERTILE - Evelyn Tweeten Elthon Juvet, age 80, formerly of Fertile, died Friday, June 10, 2011 at Freedom Plaza Care Center in Peoria, Arizona.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 PM on Thursday, June 16th at the Petersen Lund Funeral Home 505 N Clark Street in Forest City. Burial will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, June 17th at Brush Point Cemetery in rural Hanlontown, Iowa.
A "Celebration of Life" will be held for Evelyn at 10:30 AM Saturday, July 2nd at Fertile Lutheran Church with Lay Pastor David Halverson officiating. A luncheon will be held in the church fellowship hall immediately following the service on July 2nd.
Evelyn was born on May 11, 1931, in Forest City, Iowa. She grew up on a farm three and a half miles west of Fertile. After graduation from Fertile High School, Evelyn earned a degree from Hamilton Business College in Mason City. Four children were born to her union with husband David Lee Elthon. In Phoenix Evelyn was employed at Arizona State University for a number of years where she met and married Richard S. Juvet.
Evelyn is survived by her sister Mary, four children: Ray (Susan) Elthon of Iowa City, IA; Donald (Brenda) Elthon of Falls Church, VA; Thomas Elthon of Lincoln, NE; Barbara (Jan) Weigt of Phoenix, AZ: three grandchildren; Jessica MacNeil, Martin Elthon and Synneva Elthon and a great-granddaughter, Alana.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Martin and Ruth Tweeten, and her husbands.
The family wishes memorials be directed to the Fertile Lutheran Church.
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