Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Thoreson, Rachel Berg July 17, 1960
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Rachel Thoreson
Is Laid To Rest                 (From the collection of Vivian Norby Andersen)

	Mrs. Rachel Thoreson, 79, died of a heart attack some time late Sunday 
evening and her sudden departure was a shock to her many relatives and 
friends.  She was found sitting in her chair and had evidently passed away 
quietly and without warning.  She had a flashlight with her indicating that 
her death came when the lights were out due to the electrical storm Sunday 
evening.  She was found about three o’clock Monday afternoon.
	Mrs. Thoreson, who lived alone since the death of her husband, was 
always active in church and ladies aid affairs.
	Funeral services were held at the Soldier Lutheran Church Wednesday 
afternoon, July 20 at 2:00 o’clock.  Pastor Maynard Moen officiated.  Mrs. 
Bernard Berens of Dow City sang “Softly and Tenderly” and “Asleep In Jesus”, 
with Miss Janice Olson at the organ.  Burial was in Soldier Valley Cemetery 
under the direction of Pearson Funeral Home of Soldier.  Pallbearers were 
Clifford Berg, James Pickle, Lester Langendorfer, Clifford Thoreson, Bernard 
Thoreson and Glen Thoreson.
	Mrs. Thoreson was born July 1, 1881 at Torpen, Norway and came to the 
United States and Soldier with her parents at the age of one.  She had resided 
in the Soldier area ever since.
	She passed away at her home in Soldier, Sunday, July 17 at the age of 
79 years and 17 days.
	She was confirmed in the Soldier Lutheran Church June 9, 1895 and 
remained a faithful member until her death.
	On May 25, 1910, she was united in marriage to Haldin Thoreson by the 
Rev. Bakken.  To this union two children were born.
	She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Clifford Swenson of Soldier and 
one son, Norman of Moorhead; six grandchildren; two sisters, Clara Berg and 
Mrs. Andrew Navrude of Soldier, and one brother, Nels Berg of Onawa.  She was 
preceded in death by her parents Emma and Edward Berg, three sisters, Esther 
Sadie and Selma, one brother, Hans, and her husband.
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