Halsne, Torges (1911-2008)
HALSNE, BELL, BEESON, HANSEN, LONG, LARSON, MILLER
Posted By: Colleen J. Ossman (email)
Date: 1/6/2009 at 09:53:40
Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City,Iowa, Jan. 2,2009
Torges Halsne, 97, Webster City
Torges Halsne, 97, of Webster City, a longtime Williams area farmer, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 at Southfield Wellness Community. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the U.C.C. - Congregational at Blairsburg, with Rev. John Wilson officiating. Burial will be in the Blairsburg Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Torges John Halsne, son of Rasmus and Bertha (Halsne) Halsne, was born June 28, 1911, on the family homestead southwest of Williams. He received his education in Williams rural schools. He started farming with his father. On December 3, 1936, he married Helen M. Bell on the Bell family farm north of Blairsburg. The couple operated the family farm southwest of Williams. Mrs. Halsne died February 10, 2006. He had resided at Southfield Assisted Living for the past two years.
Torges is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Grant and Jan Halsne of Decorah; Dennis and Linda Halsne of Slater; daughter and son-in-law, Luana and Donald Beeson of Olney, MD; daughter-in-law, Meridith Halsne of Minneapolis, MN; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Robert Bell of Des Moines; sister-in-law, June Hansen of Chicago Heights, IL; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a son, James Halsne; his parents; granddaughter in infancy, Nancy Kay Halsne; sisters, Serena Long; Gladys Larson; Jeanette Miller; brothers, Milo, Harold, Reuben and Percy Halsne.
Memorials may be given in memory of Torges to the U.C.C. - Congregational at Blairsburg or the Rose Grove Lutheran Church in Williams.
Write a personal tribute or light a virtual candle at www.fosterfuneralandcremation.com
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