OBITUARY: Roy Thorson, Mitchell County, Iowa


(1966)

                     ROY THORSON FUNERAL HELD HERE MONDAY

Funeral services for Roy Thorson, 76, who died at his home in Grand Rapids,
Minn., were held Monday, September 19, (1966) at the First Lutheran church
in St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Don Comnick, pastor officiating. Burial was
in the First Lutheran cemetery at St. Ansgar.

Mr. Thorson was a member of the First Evangelical Lutheran church at Grand
Rapids where a funeral service was held on Saturday, with the Rev. Edmund
Bentrup in charge.

Roy Thorson, son of Ole E. and Amelia (Moe) Thorson was born May 1, 1890 in
Newburg township. He was baptized and confirmed at the First Lutheran church.
His grade and high school were completed in Newburg township and St. Ansgar
and he was graduated from the St. Ansgar Seminary.

On November 5, 1913 he was united in marriage to Leona Duenow at Albert Lea,
Minn.

The couple farmed in the St. Ansgar-Carpenter area until 1918 when they moved
to Wadena, Minn. where he operated his farm, saw mill and trucking business.
In 1941 they moved to Squaw Lake and in 1947 to Grand Rapids where he was
general manager for the George Kananen Wild Rice Co in Arrowhead. He was
captain of the Blanding Gun Club.

Surviving are his wife, Lena; one daughter, Mrs. Joseph (Oveda) Boylan of
Wadena, Minn.; three sons, Leigh, stationed with the Armed Forces at Newport
News. Va.; Russell at Bellingham, Wash.; Kenneth of Waterloo, and
13 grandchildren. Also four brothers, Clifford, Leon and Annis of
St. Ansgar, Hubert of Mason City, and three sisters, Mrs. Alice Sanders
of Northwood, Mrs. Otto W. (Mildred) Tesch of St. Ansgar and Mrs. William
(Rose) Friese of Kansas City, Mo.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother, and a brother, Donald.

Mrs. Alma Sanders of Northwood, Mr. and Mrs. Annis Thorson and Leon Thorson
attended the services in Grand Rapids on Saturday. 




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