OBITUARY: John Albin Levorson 1979-2002, Worth Co., Iowa


[ The Northwood Anchor online  --  December 26, 2002]


                          John Albin Levorson

Funeral service for John Albin Levorson, 23, of rural Northwood, were held
Saturday at Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Lake Mills, with
Rev. Karl Hermanson officiating. Burial was at Somber Lutheran Cemetery,
rural Lake Mills.

John died Dec. 17, 2002 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason
City.

John was born on April 10, 1979, in Albert Lea, MN, to Albin and Judy
(DeFor) Levorson. At the age of six John was treated for a malignant
brain tumor. He was a member of Somber Lutheran Church where he was
baptized April 22, 1979 and confirmed at First Shell Rock Lutheran Church
on June 18, 1995, both by Rev. Alf Merseth.

John attended Lake Mills Community School through 6th grade and finished
his schooling at Forest City Community School, graduating in 1998, where
he especially enjoyed participating in Special Olympics. In August of
1998, John moved to Four Seasons Cottage at Opportunity Village in Clear
Lake where he lived and worked until shortly before his death. John
collected teddy bears, caps and enjoyed doing abstract art.

Survivors include his parents Albin (Red) and Judy Levorson of Northwood;
brothers, Matthew and Peter of Northwood; grandparents, Clifford and
Josephine DeFor of Austin, MN; uncles and aunts, LeRoy and MaryJo Levorson
of New Ulm, MN, Irwin and Wanda Levorson of Adel, IA, Paul and Helen
Levorson of Oakfield, WI, Ruth Levorson of Appleton, WI, Paula and Robert
Martinsen of Austin, MN, Donald DeFor of Austin, MN and Clifford and Meg
DeFor of Prior Lake, MN and many cousins.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Albin and Hannah
Levorson.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.)

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