Twyla Marie (Barnum) Hein, 94, died on Oct. 9, 2020, at the Dunlap Specialty Care Center. She was born on Mar. 18, 1926, near Woodbine to Floyd and Bernese (Schneider) Barnum. She received her education in Harrison County rural schools and graduated from Woodbine High School with a Normal Training Certificate in 1943 at the age of 17. She taught at Sunny Glen School for two years. On Sept. 14, 1945, Twyla married Floyd Hein and they were able to celebrate 65 years of marriage before he died in 2010. The couple lived in the Logan and Dunlap rural areas except for the seven years the family lived in Greenfield.
As a farm wife she gardened, canned, cooked wonderful meals and baked many a cookie, in her later years if you visited, you left with a bag of cookies. She also did her share of chores helping with cattle, hogs and sheep. She worked at Perfection Form Company for many years. Never one to sit still, after retiring from there she painted and cleaned for people.
Twyla and Floyd were members of St. John Lutheran Church in Dunlap. At an early age she learned to dance and was a life-long dancer, especially loving to dance to a waltz. They traveled to many states and Canada throughout the years with the Black Hills area being her favorite. She was an avid reader and did crossword puzzles daily, working them up until she became ill.
Twyla was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Floyd. She is survived by two daughters, Kristin (George) Ford of LaFayette, La. and Irene (Gene) McGinn of Logan; four grandchildren, Brian (Andrea) Ford of Youngsville, La., Nichole (Jeff) Allen of Logan, Erin McGinn and fiance Chris Sanders (and son, Mason) of Blair, Neb. and Thomas (Allison) McGinn of Lincoln Neb.; and six great-grandchildren, Grant and Graham Ford; Alex, Nathan and Camden Allen, and Baby J McGinn due in April; sister Lyro Knights of Harlan and many other special friends and relatives.
A funeral service was held on Oct. 14, 2020, at Fouts Funeral Home in Dunlap with Pastor Gene Kline presiding over the service. The recorded musical selections were “Waltz Across Texas” by Ernest Tubb, “Tennessee Waltz” by Patti Page and “May I Have this Dance” by Ann Murray. The pallbearers were Gene McGinn, Brian Ford, Thomas McGinn, Jeff Allen, Chris Sanders, Mark Ambrose, Dave Carlson and Alex Allen. Twyla’s final resting place is at the Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Fouts Funeral Home in Dunlap. www.foutsfuneralhome.com
