Robert E. Trosin 1941-1992

TROSIN, TORKELSON, BROWN, BRETZMAN, THOMPSON, STUDER, TAKKANUM

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 3/10/2012 at 00:08:18

Blast is fatal for E’ville Resident
By Ken Dawson, Staff Writer
The explostion Thursday night of an air tank in the air compressor department of Style Craft, Inc., of Milford took the life of 51 year-old Estherville resident Bob Trosin.

Style Craft president Bob Reed said the accident occurred a little after 8:00 p.m. when Trosin and fellow maintenance worker Dave Schwaller, Milford, were working on equipment. Though the two were standing side-by-side, Schwaller only received minor injuries.

Trosin was transported to the Dickinson County Hospital. A helicopter was dispatched from the Marion Health Center in Sioux City, but Trosin expired before it arrived. Schwaller was also taken to the Dickinson County Hospital where he was treated and released.

There was some slight damage to the interior of the shop. Reed said it is still not known what caused the explosion and the matter is under investigation.

“We’re very upset about the situation,” Reed said, “We have an excellent safety record. We’re particularly sorry for the family,” he added. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 19, 1992)

Robert Trosin
Estherville – Services for Robert E. Trosin, 51, will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Estherville with Pastor Glenn Bohmer and Pastor Richard Berger officiating. Inerment will be in East Side Cemetery with military graveside rites by the Estherville National Guard. He died Thursday, Dec. 17, 1992 at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Spirit Lake.

Friends may call at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home from 4-9 p.m. Sunday.

He was born April 9, 1941 at Lakefield, Minn., the son of Martin and Vivian (Brown) Trosin and received his education from the Sherburn, Minn. schools, where he graduated. On June 6, 1968 he was united in marriage with Patricia Torkelson at Ringsted. He lived all his married life in Estherville and had worked at Golden Sun in Estherville; Walmer Electric, Spirit Lake; Brinks Electric, Milford; Meyer Electric, Estherville; Bochmann Electric and Style Craft Furniture in Milford. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church; a 20-year member of Estherville National Guard and served in the United States Army in the Vietnam era.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia, Estherville; two sons: Bret, Sioux Falls, S.D. and Brad, Estherville; mother, Vivian Bretzman, Estherville; six brothers: Donald, Oregon; Gene of Jackson, Minn.; Paul (Butch) of Estherville; Ken of Owatonna, Minn.; Gary of Minneapolis; Larry of Rossie; five sisters: Carol Bretzman, Lakefield, Minn.; Marion Thompson and Ann Studer, Estherville; Linda Takkanum, Bloomington, Minn.; Janet Erdman, Waconia, Minn.; brother-in-law, Lester Thompson, Graettinger, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, infant sister and brother, Wilbert. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 19, 1992)