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              <text>During WWII she taught Norwegian to soldiers in the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Minnesota. There she met her future husband, Torliff Tweet, and they were married after he returned from the war. They settled in Roseau, Minnesota, where she and her husband ran the local Ben Franklin Store. She supported many Norwegian related institutions such as Sons of Norway, Vesterheim museum and the Norwegian American Historical Association. She is the daughter of Ole E. Rølvaag and Jennie Berdahl Rølvaag.</text>
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