Esther Olive (Hubbard) Tweed, was born July 2, 1920 to John and Mary (Smith) Hubbard and passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas, on July 27, 2018, at the age of 98. She grew up on a farm southeast of Norton and attended Belle Plaine School. She had two sisters, Helen and Ruth, and one brother, John D. Hubbard.
While attending grade school the Tweed family rented a farm in the neighborhood. They had four boys of which Clifford Tweed was the youngest. At an early age, Esther said “she was going to marry that boy someday.”
After grade school, Esther attended and graduated from Norton Community High School. During the school year, she lived in an apartment and also with her grandmother Smith. She was very close to her grandmother and she probably could not have attended high school without her help.
On February 14, 1941 (Valentine’s Day) Esther married “that boy Clifford Tweed.” They were married for 60 some years before he passed away August 20, 2000. Valentine’s Day was always a special day for Esther and Clifford. Esther always made sure everybody received a Valentine.
Clifford and Esther rented a farm southwest of Norton and lived several places in that neighborhood. In 1945, they purchased their first tractor and sold all of their horses. Clifford said there would never be another horse on his farm and he meant it.
On August 21, 1945, John Clifford Tweed was born. As a family, they had a cow herd, milked cows, and fed hogs. Hogs and baby beef calves were shown at the county fair. Growing up, John loved to go with his Dad to the main farm. Esther would bring “her boys” lunch and help move to different fields. At a young age, John got to drive the truck when his dad moved from field to field and started helping with harvest. Esther was a proud mom but probably having a heart attack as she wasn’t always present to watch what was happening.
In about 1957, Esther started working as a nurse’s aide at the Norton County Hospital.
In 1961, Clifford and Esther built a new house in Norton which they enjoyed for many years. Later, Esther went to Holdrege to Beauty College and graduated. She worked for a local beauty shop in Norton for several years before she opened her own shop in the basement of their home. She worked in her beauty shop until she was up in her seventies.
Ester was active in the Methodist Church. She was also active in the Rebekah Lodge for many years. The Rebekah Lodge was very important to Esther. The Rebekah symbol was a dove and Esther fondly felt all the ladies were doves.
Esther is survived by one son, John, and wife, Jo Ann Tweed; two granddaughters, Julie Ann, and husband, Tom Koenig; Sara Christine, and husband, Matt Hamill; one great-grandson, Grant Colby Hamill; several other relatives and friends.
Esther was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters, and one brother.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE – Wednesday, August 1, 2018 – 11:00 A.M.
INTERMENT – Norton Cemetery – Norton, Kansas
VISITATION – Tuesday, July 31, 2018 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the Enfield Funeral Home of Norton.
MEMORIALS – Esther Tweed Memorial Fund
Calvin C. Pringle, age 93, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2018 at the Greeley County Long Term Care Center in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on September 19, 1924 in Tribune, the son of Earl & Maude Tefft Pringle. A lifetime resident of Greeley County, Kansas, he was a farmer and rancher.
