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THORSON, Helen Gaye Varo (1915-2003)

THORSON, VARO, JOHNSON, THOMPSON, VERBRUGGE

Posted By: Deidre Badker (email)
Date: 3/29/2016 at 11:16:01

Mason City Globe Gazette, June 22, 2003 Obituary: KANAWHA -
Helen Gaye Thorson, 87, passed away Thursday (June 19, 2003) at the Kanawha Community Home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Kanawha Lutheran Church with Janelle Siffring, AiM, officiating. Burial will take place in Amsterdam Township Cemetery near Kanawha.

Helen, the daughter of Edwin and Marie (Johnson) Varo, was born Oct. 18, 1915, in Wright County, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Kanawha High School. Helen was united in marriage at the Shiloh Lutheran Church in Elmore, Faribault, Minnesota to Oren Buryl Thorson of Elmore on December 23, 1935. Most of their married life was lived in Kanawha.

Helen was baptized and confirmed at the Kanawha Lutheran Church and was a member of the Mary Friendship Honor Circle. She was also an honorary member of the Norway Telephone Company where she served on the telephone board. Helen had a love for office work and served as the Kanawha School Board Secretary for 25 years.

Left to cherish her memory are a son, Gary and his wife, Carmin, of Garner; three grandchildren, Todd and his wife, Jill, of Lake Mills, Tara of New Hope, Minn., and Tim and his wife, Erica, of Des Moines; two great-grandchildren, Makenzie and Dalton Thorson of Lake Mills; a sister, Ruth Johnson, of Banning, Calif.; a brother-in-law, Abe Thompson of Las Vegas, Nev.; and nephews and nieces. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Buryl in August 2000; her parents; and a sister, Lois Thompson.

There is a memorial for her at Find A Grave # 110489921

Census information:
Found in the 1920 census living at Amsterdam, Hancock, Iowa: Edwin Varo 30, Marie Varo 31, Helen G Varo 4 yrs 2 mos, Ruth E Varo 1 yr, 5 mos.

Found in the 1925, 1930 censuses at Norway, Wright, Iowa:
1925: Edwin Varo 35, Marie Varo 36, Helen Gay Varo 9, Ruth E Varo 6, Lois Varo 1.

1930: Edwin Varo 40, Marie Varo 41, Helen J Varo 14, Ruth E Varo 11, Lois M Varo 6, Anna Varo 39, Adrian Verbrugge 24.

Found in the 1940 census at Garner, Hancock, Iowa: Buryl Thorson 27, Helen Thorson 25.


 

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