KINSETH, Thora 1914 - 2007

KINSETH, LOMEN, SENNE, SLETTUM, LUDWIG, NEWSOME, BAILEY

Posted By: Betsy Monson Roberts (email)
Date: 11/2/2018 at 09:05:14

Funeral services for Thora Kinseth, 92, Bode were held Monday June 4 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Bode. Burial was in the St. Olaf Cemetery. She died Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at the Titonka Care Center in Titonka, Iowa.

Survivors include her children: Robert and Delores Kinseth of Grinnell and Rachel and Wayne Senne of Des Moines; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Jenny (Slettum) Lomen; husband, Delmar S. Kinseth; daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Carl Ludwig; brother, Karlen Lomen and sisters Orpha Newsome and Alice Bailey.

Thora Lomen, daughter of John and Jenny Lomen was born October 8, 1914 at Bode. She attended school at Bode where she excelled on the basketball team and graduated from Bode High School. She was united in marriage to Delmar S. Kinseth of Ottosen on June 27, 1933 and the couple made their home in Bode.

Delmar served as section foreman for the Rock Island Railroad and in 1954 was transferred to Titonka. They made their home there until returning to Bode in 1966. Delmar Kinseth passed away in 1971 and Thora continued to maintain her home at Bode until becoming a resident of the Titonka Care Center three years ago.

07 Jun 2007 Humboldt Independent