Thingvold, Corrine (Oyen) 1923 - 2020

THINGVOLD, OYEN, GIVING, HURLEY, HURLEY, BORSHEIM, OSTHERHUS, FORD

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:45

Corrine Thingvold, age 96, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday morning, February 29, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, March 6, 2020 at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Locust with Todd Burrichter presiding. Burial will be in Locust Cemetery.

Visitation will begin on Friday at 10:00 A.M., one hour before the service, at St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Corrine (Oyen) Thingvold was born August 19, 1923 in Glenwood Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa, the daughter of Gunder and Nellie (Giving) Oyen. She was baptized and confirmed at Pontoppidan Norwegian Lutheran Church in rural Decorah and educated in the country schools in Glenwood Township.

Corrine was united in Marriage to Paul H. Thingvold on February 22, 1942 at Pontoppidan Norwegian Lutheran Church in Glenwood Township. This union was blessed with two daughters: Brenda Kay born November 8, 1944 and Linda Faye born December 4, 1948.

Corrine and Paul made their home on a farm off the county road between Locust and Hesper. They joined the St. John’s Lutheran Church at Locust at the persuading of Pastor Carl Losen, whose family were relatives and neighbors of the Thingvolds. She was a long-time member of the church and very active in Circle and Ladies Aid. They enjoyed seeing new places. The couple, along with their dear friends Clarence and Vera Hovey, traveled to almost every state in the Union as well as Canada and Mexico. It was coming home from one of these trips in 1978 that they heard the terrible news of their daughter Brenda’s death in a farm accident.

Corrine was active in the Rebekkah’s, a long-time member of 4-H and served as a Leader for many years. She was later named an honorary lifetime member of 4-H. She liked to play cards and Bingo and loved to bake. Her grandchildren liked her chocolate chip cookies, but she didn’t really care for them.

Corrine became a resident of Aase Haugen Home in December 2016 and died there Saturday morning, February 29, 2020 at the age of 96. She enjoyed staying active participating in their various activities but spoke often of her early morning coffee and folding towels at the home.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Paul on June 9, 1999; her daughter Brenda Hurley on September 4, 1978; three brothers: Burton, Emmett and Sherman Oyen; and two sisters, Ideline Oyen and Jeanette Borsheim.

Corrine is survived by one daughter, Linda Schwade of Stewartville, MN; four grandchildren: Jon and Libby Hurley of Savage, MN and their children Sean and Conor, Jason and Mindy Hurley of Edina, MN and their children Megan and Braden, Robin and George Osterhus of Owatonna, MN and their children Nick, Preston and Shay and Rhonda Johnson of Appleton, WI, and her children Skylar, and her son Emmett, Alexis and Tavja; one brother-in-law, Merlin Ford of La Crosse, WI; one son-in-law, Bernie and Sandy Hurley of Harmony, MN; and by several nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend a special thank-you to the staff of the Aase Haugen Home for their excellent care and compassion for Corrine.

Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home database

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