Fredna Tweedt and John Withers Irvine
JOHN WITHERS IRVINE, son of NADINE YOUNG and JOHN WITHERS IRVINE, was born July 15, 1913,4532 and died February 23, 1998.4532 He is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California.456
He married FREDNA TWEEDT on August 14, 1941.11154 She was born September 28, 1910 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington,11153 and died October 31, 2009.11153 She is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California.456
Education
Fredna Tweedt
- graduated from University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California with a Bachelor's degree in Education11153
John W. Irvine
- graduated from Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Saline, Missouri in 1934 with a B.A. degree11157
- graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1939 with a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry11157
Work History
- John Withers Irvine was a chemistry professor at M.I.T.11157
Marriage Announcements and News
Santa Cruz Evening News, August 15, 194111154
Fredna Tweedt Fitzer Married By Uncle
Rev. John F. Wilson, pastor of the First Methodist church, solemnized the marriage ceremony yesterday at an afternoon church ceremony at 4:30 o'clock for his niece, Fredna Tweedt Fitzer, of the faculty of the San Fernando schools, and John Withers Irvine Jr., research chemist in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge, Mass. The service according to the church ritual was amidst a beautiful setting as the chancel was arranged and banked with the choicest of gladioli with many long spikes with unusually orchid-like light pink blossoms.
The bridal party moved slowly down the church aisle to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march as played by the church organist, Mrs. Vera McKenna Clayton. The bride was most attractively gowned in a stylish blue traveling suit of the prevailing mode.
The bride's attendant was Mary Jan Fitzer and the best man Dr. Arthur Kip, a physicist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a close friend of the groom.
Fred Tweedt of San Fernando, father of the bride, gave the bride away.
Following the ceremony the wedding supper was served at the Hotel Palomar, where the table was in a lovely motif with the flowers of the summer season. After the wedding supper the bride and groom departed by auto and Dr. Arthur Kip left by plane for the east.
The wedding was attended by members of both families, the groom's mother, Mrs. Nadine Irvine of Marshall, Mo., parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tweedt of San Fernando; Dr. Arthur Kip of Cambridge, Mass.; Mary Jane Fitzer of San Fernando; Patricia Hinton Jacqueline Byers of Los Angeles, Carl Franklin of San Francisco, Elizabeth Merritt of Sacramento, a friend of the family, and Rev. and Mrs. John F. Wilson.
Obituaries
Arizona Daily Star, November 8, 200911153
IRVINE, Fredna Tweedt, September 28, 1910 - October 31, 2009. She was born in Spokane, Wa., grew up in San Fernando, CA. and was graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Education from U.C.L.A. When Fredna moved to Belmont, MA., she taught in the school system, and 40 years later moved to Tucson, AZ, where she has resided fro the past 30 years. She raised her family with her husband, the late John W. Irvine, Jr. a Professor of Chemistry at M.I.T., took pleasure in researching family genealogy, and writing family memoirs, and enjoyed a quite and fulfilling home life. Fredna Irvine is survived by her three daughters, Mary Jane Haynes of Charlottesville, VA., Kathryn Hume of College Station, PA. and Janne Irvine of Tucson, AZ.; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| January 12, 19203859 | Marshall, Saline, Missouri |
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| April 8, 19303858 | Marshall, Saline, Missouri |
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