The following provided by Find A Grave contributor, darren smith:
Terry Dwyer was born in 1922 on the homestead established by his parents near Alexander, North Dakota. The youngest of four children, he was only two years old when his father died of pneumonia. His mother, Grace Taylor Dwyer, was left behind to work the land through the challenges of the 1920s and the Great Depression.
He married Dolly Gustavsson in 1941 and they had five children.They had six grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren.
He attended Minot State College, graduating in 1943. In 1944 he graduated from the US Maritime Service Officier Training School.
After serving in the Merchant Marines in World War II, Terry channeled his love for writing into a career in journalism, first working for the Independent Record in Helena, Montana for seven years. He later worked for the Great Falls Tribune as general assistant reporter in 1953. He was promoted to city editor in 1965 and to managing editor in 1974. In 1984 he became vice president of the Great Falls Tribune Co.
Before retiring in 1988, he won the Presidents award from the Montana Newspaper Association for his longtime service to journalism in Montana.
A colleague said of Terry that at one time or another Terry Dwyer hired, trained or otherwise influenced about half of the baby boom generation of journalists in the state of Montana.
Outside of journalism, he was active in the Kiwanis Club, served on the council of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of which he and his wife for charter members and with his wife helped form the Montana 4-H Foundation.
He wrote two books, “By Way of Hope”,and which tells the story of his mother's adventures as a young woman and a single mother in the early years of the 20th century, and “Looking Back in Black and White: 42 Years as a Montana Newsman”.
With the same persevering spirit that he inherited from his inspiring mother, Terry overcame the loss of his eyesight in 1999 and complete both books.
He died in 2007 at the age of 84.
He was inducted posthumously in the Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2010.
Terry Dwyer was born in 1922 on the homestead established by his parents near Alexander, North Dakota. The youngest of four children, he was only two years old when his father died of pneumonia. His mother, Grace Taylor Dwyer, was left behind to work the land through the challenges of the 1920s and the Great Depression.
He married Dolly Gustavsson in 1941 and they had five children.They had six grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren.
He attended Minot State College, graduating in 1943. In 1944 he graduated from the US Maritime Service Officier Training School.
After serving in the Merchant Marines in World War II, Terry channeled his love for writing into a career in journalism, first working for the Independent Record in Helena, Montana for seven years. He later worked for the Great Falls Tribune as general assistant reporter in 1953. He was promoted to city editor in 1965 and to managing editor in 1974. In 1984 he became vice president of the Great Falls Tribune Co.
Before retiring in 1988, he won the Presidents award from the Montana Newspaper Association for his longtime service to journalism in Montana.
A colleague said of Terry that at one time or another Terry Dwyer hired, trained or otherwise influenced about half of the baby boom generation of journalists in the state of Montana.
Outside of journalism, he was active in the Kiwanis Club, served on the council of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of which he and his wife for charter members and with his wife helped form the Montana 4-H Foundation.
He wrote two books, “By Way of Hope”,and which tells the story of his mother's adventures as a young woman and a single mother in the early years of the 20th century, and “Looking Back in Black and White: 42 Years as a Montana Newsman”.
With the same persevering spirit that he inherited from his inspiring mother, Terry overcame the loss of his eyesight in 1999 and complete both books.
He died in 2007 at the age of 84.
He was inducted posthumously in the Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2010.
The following provided by Find A Grave contributor, darren smith:
Terry Dwyer was born in 1922 on the homestead established by his parents near Alexander, North Dakota. The youngest of four children, he was only two years old when his father died of pneumonia. His mother, Grace Taylor Dwyer, was left behind to work the land through the challenges of the 1920s and the Great Depression.
He married Dolly Gustavsson in 1941 and they had five children.They had six grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren.
He attended Minot State College, graduating in 1943. In 1944 he graduated from the US Maritime Service Officier Training School.
After serving in the Merchant Marines in World War II, Terry channeled his love for writing into a career in journalism, first working for the Independent Record in Helena, Montana for seven years. He later worked for the Great Falls Tribune as general assistant reporter in 1953. He was promoted to city editor in 1965 and to managing editor in 1974. In 1984 he became vice president of the Great Falls Tribune Co.
Before retiring in 1988, he won the Presidents award from the Montana Newspaper Association for his longtime service to journalism in Montana.
A colleague said of Terry that at one time or another Terry Dwyer hired, trained or otherwise influenced about half of the baby boom generation of journalists in the state of Montana.
Outside of journalism, he was active in the Kiwanis Club, served on the council of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of which he and his wife for charter members and with his wife helped form the Montana 4-H Foundation.
He wrote two books, “By Way of Hope”,and which tells the story of his mother's adventures as a young woman and a single mother in the early years of the 20th century, and “Looking Back in Black and White: 42 Years as a Montana Newsman”.
With the same persevering spirit that he inherited from his inspiring mother, Terry overcame the loss of his eyesight in 1999 and complete both books.
He died in 2007 at the age of 84.
He was inducted posthumously in the Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2010.
Terry Dwyer was born in 1922 on the homestead established by his parents near Alexander, North Dakota. The youngest of four children, he was only two years old when his father died of pneumonia. His mother, Grace Taylor Dwyer, was left behind to work the land through the challenges of the 1920s and the Great Depression.
He married Dolly Gustavsson in 1941 and they had five children.They had six grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren.
He attended Minot State College, graduating in 1943. In 1944 he graduated from the US Maritime Service Officier Training School.
After serving in the Merchant Marines in World War II, Terry channeled his love for writing into a career in journalism, first working for the Independent Record in Helena, Montana for seven years. He later worked for the Great Falls Tribune as general assistant reporter in 1953. He was promoted to city editor in 1965 and to managing editor in 1974. In 1984 he became vice president of the Great Falls Tribune Co.
Before retiring in 1988, he won the Presidents award from the Montana Newspaper Association for his longtime service to journalism in Montana.
A colleague said of Terry that at one time or another Terry Dwyer hired, trained or otherwise influenced about half of the baby boom generation of journalists in the state of Montana.
Outside of journalism, he was active in the Kiwanis Club, served on the council of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of which he and his wife for charter members and with his wife helped form the Montana 4-H Foundation.
He wrote two books, “By Way of Hope”,and which tells the story of his mother's adventures as a young woman and a single mother in the early years of the 20th century, and “Looking Back in Black and White: 42 Years as a Montana Newsman”.
With the same persevering spirit that he inherited from his inspiring mother, Terry overcame the loss of his eyesight in 1999 and complete both books.
He died in 2007 at the age of 84.
He was inducted posthumously in the Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2010.
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