Theolena Thoreson 1888-1962

THORESON KALSKETT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 11/19/2009 at 18:27:33

Onawa Democrat
21 June 1962

Mrs. Theolena Thoreson Dies; Was Former School Teacher

Theolena Kalskett, daughter of Herman and Louisa Kalskett, was born March 6, 1888, on a farm near Ute. At an early age she moved with her parents to a farm near Moorhead, where she attended school and later taught in the Moorhead and Soldier Community.

On April 12, 1911, she was united in holy wedlock to Adolph Thoreson. To this union were born eight children. Her husband, Adolph, one daughter, Edith Leone, one brother, Fred and one sister, Klara, preceded her in death.

She is survived by seven children, Howard and Raymond, of Sioux City, Edna of Omaha, Nebr, Clayton of Kansas City, Mo., Margaret of Cleveland, Ohio; and Robert and Glen of Moorhead, 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild, two brothers, Martin and Winston of Moorhead, and seven sisters, Mable of Soldier, Augusta and Helen of Denver; Colo, Hazel of Belmond; Mary Anne of Ames; Millie of Moorhead and Nell of Des Moines.

She lived her entire life on the family farm in Soldier Valley. On December 8, 1961 she suffered a stroke and was taken to the Lutheran Hospital in Sioux City. On February 1, 1962, she was moved to the Martin Luther Nursing Home and passed away there June 8, 1962..

She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a life long member of Soldier Lutheran Church.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. in the South Soldier Lutheran Church on Monday, June 11, with Rev. Maynard Moen officiating. Mrs. Norman C Hanson sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and “I’m But A Stranger Here”, accompanied
on the organ by Miss Jean Amunson. Casket bearers were James, Herman and Warren Kalskett, Maynard and Loren Olson and Bernard Thoreson. Interment was made in the Soldier Valley Cemetery under the direction of the Pearson Funeral Home.