Thora H. (Petersen) Christiansen (1887-1976)

PETERSEN, CHRISTIANSEN, WESTON, CROW

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 7/28/2016 at 19:45:46

From Nevada Evening Journal October 5, 1976

Thora H. Christianson dies Sunday at Story City Hospital

STORY CITY -- Thora H. Christianson, 88, died Sunday at the Story City Memorial Hosptial of a heart attack.

Services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Bethany Manor Chapel in Story City. Rev. William Ostroot will officiate with burial in the Story City Cemetery. Soderstrum Larson Funeral Home at Story City is in charge of the service.

Born Dec. 22, 1887 in Story City to Peter Chris and Anna Christine Petersen, she married Soren Christianson in 1910 and he died in 1944.

Survivors include one son, Clarence of Jessup, Ia.; one daughter, Mrs. Ella (Weston) Crow of Hollister, Calif.; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild and one brother, William Petersen of Oak Park Manor in Nevada.