Mitchell County IA Archives Obituaries.....Thorson, E. Clifford August 23, 1970
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St. Ansgar Enterprise
Clifford Thorson Is Accident Victim

Funeral services for Clifford Thorson, 77, of St. Ansgar, who died Aug. 23, 
1970 at the Mercy Hospital in Mason City following a car accident were 
held Aug. 26 at the First Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar.  The Rev. Donald 
Comnick, pastor, was in charge. Burial was in the church cemetery. 

Earl Clifford Thorson, son of Ole E. and Amelia Thorson, was born on a 
farm in Newburg Township, Mitchell County, May 29, 1893.  He was 
baptized by the Rev. Johann Olsen and was confirmed by the Rev. M. E. 
Waldeland  at First Lutheran Church.   He attended rural school and St. 
Ansgar High School

He was married to Marie Tonette Mehus, Oct.3, 1917, at the First Lutheran 
Church.  They established their home on a farm at St. Ansgar.

He was a lifelong member of the First Lutheran Church.  He farmed for 
many years and at the time of his death he was a part-time employee of 
the Campbell Commission Company of South St. Paul.

Aug. 23, he underwent surgery following injuries received in an 
automobile accident near Forest City.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie, his parents, two brothers, 
Roy and Donald, and one granddaughter.

He was survived by his three daughers, Mrs.Wilmer (Delores) Feldt, Mrs. 
Arlene Kroneman and Mrs. Robert (Anita) Rustad of St. Ansgar; 10 
grandchildren; one great grandchild, three sisters; Mrs. Alma Sanders of 
Northwood, Mrs. Otto W. (Mildred) Tesch of St. Ansgar, Mrs. William 
(Rose) Fries of Kansas City, Mo. and three brothers; Leon and Annis of St. 
Ansgar and Hubert of Mason City.

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