OBITUARY: Annis J. Thorson, 1908-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, March 18, 1996 (edited) ]
                           


                       Annis J. Thorson

ST. ANSGAR--Annis J. Thorson, 87, of St. Ansgar, died Saturday, March
16, 1996, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center West, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at First Lutheran Church,
St. Ansgar, Iowa, with the Rev. Robert Porisch officiating.

Burial will be in First Lutheran Cemetery.

The Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, 207 S. School St., St. Ansgar,
is in charge of arrangements.

Annis J. Thorson was born Oct. 31, 1908, on the family farm
in Newburg Township, Mitchell County, a son of Ole E. and Amelia
(Moe) Thorson.  He lived in the St. Ansgar area all his life,
all but nine years on the family farm.  He married Rose Streich
on Oct. 6, 1934, at First Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar.

He was an active member of the U.S. Farmers Association and
recently received the Iowa Pioneer Family Award given by the
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

Survivors include his wife, Rose Thorson of St. Ansgar; two
sons, Jerry Thorson, Waverly, and Merlyn Thorson, St. Ansgar;
one sister. Rose Fries, St. Ansgar; six grandchildren, Michelle
Sears, Teresa Thorson, Jon Thorson, Cory Thorson, Allison Thorson
and Greg Thorson; and two great-grandchildren, Sarah and Anna
Sears.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Alma Sanders
and Mildred Tesch; and five brothers, Roy, Clifford, Leon, Donald
and Hubert Thorson.




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