Thoreson, Ralph (1916-2010)
THORESON, LINDEBAK, ANDERSON, ARNOLD, RAHTO, BARKEMA
Posted By: Colleen J Ossman (email)
Date: 8/15/2010 at 15:33:51
Webster City Daily Freeman Journal, Aug 9, 2010.
Ralph Thoreson, age 94, of Ellsworth, peacefully passed away at home on Friday, August 6, 2010. Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ellsworth with burial to follow at Homewood Cemetery in Ellsworth. Visitation is Monday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ellsworth. Memorials may be given to Homeward Hospice at 400 So. Dakota Ave. in Ames, Iowa 50014. Becker Funeral and Cremation Service of Jewell has been entrusted with arrangements.
Ralph L. Thoreson was born March 26, 1916 at home in rural Ellsworth, Iowa to Adolph and Amanda (Lindebak) Thoreson. He was a lifelong resident of Ellsworth and member of Trinity Lutheran Church. He was baptized on July 2, 1916 and confirmed into the Christian faith on September 28, 1930. He graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1934. Ralph loved the land and made a career farming grain and livestock.
On April 27, 1957 he married Verna Anderson in Ellsworth and together they raised six children. Ralph enjoyed working hard, fishing, golfing, woodworking, and summer vacations at the lake. Most of all he enjoyed living for his children.
Those left to cherish his memory: his children, Robert Thoreson, of Tampa, FL; Harold (Diane) Thoreson, of Urbandale, IA; Jill Thoreson, of Ellsworth, IA; Cindy (Lowell) Thoreson-Arnold, of Byron, MN; Liz Rahto, of Ellsworth, IA; and Beth Thoreson, of Ellsworth, IA; a brother, Donald (Charlene) Thoreson, of Clear Lake, IA; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Ralph was preceded in death by his wife, Verna in 1992; a grandson, Brandon Thoreson in 2010; his parents; brothers, Jess, Curt, Ike, and Bill; a sister, Ruth Barkema, and a sister in infancy, Emma Julia
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