TORNEY, Christol Irene (Mortenson) 1906-1982

TORNEY, MORTENSON, RILES

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/3/2011 at 17:32:42

Christol Torney

#1:

Funeral services for Mrs. Raymond (Christol) Torney, 76, of Osage, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 3, 1982, at the First Baptist Church with the Reverend George Hope officiating. Mrs. Torney died Monday, May 31, at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital.

Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery. Visitation is after 11 a.m. Wednesday at Champion Funeral Home in Osage.

Mrs. Torney is survived by her husband, Raymond, Osage; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Gladys) Johnson, Alcester, South Dakota; and Mrs. Rosco (Mabel) Krahenbuhl, Brainerd, Minnesota; and three sons, Arnold and Earl, both of Osage, and Donald, Marengo; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

[Mitchell County Press, Wednesday, June 2, 1982]
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Social Security Death Index:

TORNEY, CHRISTOL
B: 04 Mar 1906
D: May 1982
AGE: 76
RES: 50461 (Osage, Mitchell, IA)
SSN: Iowa 479-70-7197
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NOTES:
DM Scott, on Findagrave.com, has her middle name as Irene, and her maiden name Mortenson.

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#3:
Christol Irene Torney was born March 4, 1906 near Royal, Iowa, the eldest daughter of Walter and Mabel (Riles) Mortensen. The family moved to Draper, South Dakota, back to Clay County and later returned to Mitchell County.

Raymond Torney, of rural Osage, and Christol were married June 23, 1925, by Reverend Yard at the Baptist parsonage in Marshalltown. They established their home southwest of Osage in Cedar Township, retiring to Osage in 1961.

Mrs. Torney is survived by her husband, Raymond, Osage; children: Mabel (Mrs. Rosco Krahenbuhl), Brainerd, Minnesota; Gladys (Mrs. Marvin Johnson), Hawarden; Earl of Osage; Donald of Marengo and Arnold of Osage; fourteen grandchildren; four step-grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

(Mitchell County Press, June 9, 1982]
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Click link below to see photo of Raymond and Christol taken at their 50th anniversary. From the MITCHELL COUNTY PICTORIAL ATLAS, 1977.

Photo (below) of Christol is from obituary in Mitchell County Press, June 9, 1982.

50th Anniv. Photo link
 

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