Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Thorman, Albert  March 19, 2003
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Bonners Ferry Herald, Thursday, March 27, 2003

Albert Thorman, 95, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, went to be with his Lord on March
19, 2003 to continue his love of farming in the lad of Heaven.
   He was born in Kemme, Germany on Feb. 18, 1908.  He came to America at the
onslaught of WWI.
   He grew up in North Dakota and eventually moved to Montana, where he married
Mary Ann Raty in 1940 with whom he raised five children and celebrated 59 years
of marriage.
   Albert owned a coalmine until 1942.  He then purchased his first farm in
Pendroy, Mont.
   He was very successful and bought an additional farm in Montana.
   In 1956, he moved his family to Porthill, Idaho where he operated the
boundary Creek Ranch in the Kootenai River Valley.
   In 1968, he Retired to Coeur d’Alene and passed the operation of the farm and
timberland to his son.
   During his retirement years, he traveled extensively abroad.
   However, he remained active in the farming operation.  The farmland is
currently being used by the federal government as a wetland and wildlife preserve.
   Albert was a spiritual man and was looking forward to going home to be with
God and his wife, Mary, who preceded him in death in 1999.  He is survived by
his son, Albert Thorman, Jr. (digger) and daughter-in-law, Maggie, of Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho; daughters, Elinor Snyder of Great Falls, Mont., Phyllis Bender
of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Joyce Arthur of Seattle, Wash., Louise Weed of Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho and his beloved friend, Charles Leeper of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. 
He also has 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 1 great great
granddaughter.
   Funeral services were held March 23, 2003 at Yates Funeral Home, Coeur
d’Alene Chapel.
   Burial followed at Coeur d’Alene Memorial Gardens in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.



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