OBITUARY: Ileen Ruth (Gaarder) Torvik, 1926-2003, Worth Co., Iowa

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                       Ileen Ruth (Gaarder) Torvik

Ileen Ruth (Gaarder) Torvik died Thursday, March 13, 2003 at her home
in Decorah at the age of 76, of cancer.

Ileen was born Aug. 15, 1926 to Hilmen Otto and Inga Adelia (Tenold)
Gaarder in Kensett, IA. She was baptized at First Lutheran Church in
Northwood, IA in September of 1926. She graduated from Kensett High School
with the class of 1944 and went on to earn her B.A. in Education at Luther
College in 1948.

She married James R. Torvik on Dec. 28, 1948 at First Lutheran Church in
Northwood. To this union three sons and one daughter were born: Stephen,
Jay, Ross and Randeen. Ileen was a high school teacher in Sherburn, MN
(from 1948 to 1949), Spring Grove, MN (from 1962 to 1965), and Calmar, IA
(from 1965 to 1989) where she taught P.E. at South Winneshiek High School
and was the girl's golf coach and cheerleader advisor.

She belonged to First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Silvercrest Golf &
Country Club and the American Legion Auxiliary. She was also an avid
supporter of the Decorah Swim Team.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, James on
March 14, 1987.

She is survived by her son, Stephen of Columbus, OH, and his children,
Ryan, Nathaniel and Nicholas; her son Jay (and his special friend, Beth
Bergman) of Decorah, IA; her son Ross (Karen) of Columbus, OH and their
children, Alia and Benjamin; her daughter, Randeen Torvik Ragan (Frank)
of Austin, TX; her committed partner and best friend, Jerry Bernatz of
Decorah, IA; her brother, Hoyt (Thelma) Gaarder of Sibley, IA; her
brother, Donald Gaarder of Kensett, IA; her sister, Audrey Jean Appel
of Oregon, WI; and by several nieces and nephews.





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