THORSON, Blaine Eugene 1936-1998

THORSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/27/2010 at 22:10:35

Blaine E. Thorson

CHARLES CITY, IOWA — Blaine E. Thorson, 61, of 104 Central Ave., died Friday (Dec. 4, 1998) at the 11th St. Chautauqua Guest Home.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Charles City, with the Rev. Dennis Niezwaag officiating. Burial will be in the Canton Cemetery, Canton, S.D.

Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hauser Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., and from 9 to 1 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home and one hour prior to services at the church.

Blaine Eugene Thorson was born Dec. 21, 1936, at Canton, South Dakota.

Survivors include his wife, Doris, of Charles City; one daughter, Michele Raatz, of Lincoln Neb.; his mother, Helen Thorson, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; a sister, Marian Hinkelman, of Cedarburg, Wis.; two brothers, Alan Thorson, of Sioux Falls, and Kenneth Thorson, of Carpentersville, Ill.; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Memorials may be given to the Blaine E. Thorson Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of the family.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Dec. 5, 1998]