Obit: Thorson, Palma Theresa Stensvold (1904 - 1957)
 

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Surnames: STENSVOLD PINKE DENK BAST STEVENS KROENING SHIRPKE RUGRODEN MEINHARDT

THORSON FUNERAL SET FOR FRIDAY---LOCAL WOMAN, 53, DIES HERE TODAY.
 

Mrs. Roy Thorson, Sr., 53, who came to Marshfield from Greenwood, Clark county, Wis. in 1946, died at 6 o'clock this morning at her home, 306 S. Maple Ave., after having been in poor health since last December.

The body will repose at the Hansen Funeral Home here from this evening until noon Friday, when it will be taken to Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Greenwood for the 2:30 o'clock funeral service that afternoon. The Rev. Alvin O. Pinke of Faith Lutheran Church, Marshfield, of which Mrs. Thorson was a member, will officiate at the services, will be followed by interment in the Greenwood cemetery at Greenwood.

Mrs. Thorson, the former Palma Theresa Stensvold, was born in Norway June 24, 1904, and came to this country at an early age, being educated in Minnesota schools. She was married June 30, 1923, at Albert Lea, Minn., to Roy Thorson.

Surviving besiders her husband are 10 children, Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Denk, Marshfield Mrs. John (Gloria) Bast, Stevens Point Roy Thorson, Jr., Marshfield Miss Bernelda Thorson, Racine Lary Thorson, Waterloo, Wis. Mrs. Jerry (Trusha) Kroening, Stafford Mrs. Andrew (Beverly) Shirpke, Milwaukee and Muriel, Kenneth and Marilyn Thorson, Marshfield.

Also surviving are 21 grandchildren, a brother, Christ Stensvold, Clear Lake, and three sisters, Mrs. Thora Johnson, St Croix Falls and Mrs. Ted Meinhardt, Woodruff.

Mrs. Thorson was a member of the Gray Lady Service.