OBITUARY: Clara J. Thorson, Mitchell County, Iowa

(1965)

                    CLARA THORSON, 79 OF ST. ANSGAR DIED

Funeral services for Clara J. Thorson, 79, were held Jan. 19, (1965) at the
First Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar. The Rev. Donald Comnick was in charge
and burial was in the church cemetery.

Miss Thorson died Jan. 15, at her home in St. Ansgar of a heart attack.

Clara Josephine Thorson, daughter of Knud Thorson and Ingaborg Blakkestad
Thorson, was born June 30, 1886 on the family farm northwest of St. Ansgar.
She was baptized in infancy, by the Rev. Johann Olson, and was also confirmed
by the same pastor in June, 1901. She remained a member of First Lutheran
Church throughout her life.

She attended the rural school in district one, Newburg township, completing
the eighth grade, after which she enrolled in the St. Ansgar seminary and
graduated with the class of 1904. Soon after this her heart failed and for
many years she was under medical care and surgery was required before she
could resume an active life. 

She retired from the family farm seven years ago, she was stricken with
a heart condition from which she never fully recovered.

She is survived by two sisters, Helen and Blanche, with whom she made
her home. Seven nieces and nephews also survive.




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