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Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-29T01:19:58Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth Lemoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R Lemoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson">2015 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/17/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite">2013 Lemoing Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/8/content original document]</ref> In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /> In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite" /> They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" />

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Heritage">2015 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/15/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite" /> Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" />

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /> In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T23:39:22Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R Lemoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson">2015 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/17/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite">2013 Lemoing Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/8/content original document]</ref> In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /> In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite" /> They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" />

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Heritage">2015 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/15/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite" /> Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" />

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /> In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T23:37:17Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R Lemoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson">2015 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/17/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite">2013 Lemoing Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/8/content original document]</ref> In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /> In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite" /> They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" />

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite" /> Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" />

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /> In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T23:02:00Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R Lemoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson">2015 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/17/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite">2013 Lemoing Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/8/content original document]</ref> In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /> In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T22:59:35Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R Lemoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson">2015 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/17/content original document></ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite">2013 Lemoing Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/8/content original document></ref> In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /> In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T22:58:28Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R Lemoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Swenson">2015 Swenson, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/17/content original document></ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="2013 Lemoing Composite">2013 Lemoing Composite, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/8/content original document></ref> In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /> In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T21:36:49Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R Lemoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R LeMoing

2026-08-28T21:35:07Z

Tom.Brink: Tom.Brink moved page Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R LeMoing to Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

#REDIRECT [[Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing]]

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T21:35:07Z

Tom.Brink: Tom.Brink moved page Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R LeMoing to Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R LeMoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Elmer T Thorson & Sadie J Woldt

2026-08-28T21:08:35Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Elmer Theodore Thorson
|wife=Sadie Julia Woldt
|marriage_date=9 June 1926
|marriage_place=Decorah, Iowa
|husband_death_date=8 December 1994
|wife_death_date=23 June 1982
|children_list=Orrin Julian Thorson;Donald Curtis Thorson;Maryon Gloria Thorson

|marriage=[[File:Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.jpg|alt=Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.|thumb|Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day. June 9, 1926. Decorah, Iowa.]]
[[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]] were united in marriage at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 1926, at the United Lutheran Church, also known as Decorah Lutheran, in Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref> Rev. I. B. Torrison (Professsor Eittrim of Luther College) performed the ceremony.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref>2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref> The bridal party included Louella Thorson as maid of honor, Clarence Thorson as best man, and bridesmaids Anna Nygaard, Elizabeth Istad, and Margaret Burgess.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Following the service, a reception was held at the River Street home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Andrew T. and Bertha Istad.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|life=Between June 1926 and February 1929, the couple resided and worked on the 200-acre Thorson family farm in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite 2013">Composite (2013), Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref> In February 1929, they sold their livestock and equipment and relocated to Battle Creek, Michigan, where Elmer worked in the packing and shipping department of the United Steel and Wire factory.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref> Their residences in Battle Creek included an apartment on South Place and houses on Fonda Avenue, including 52 Fonda Avenue.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" />

In April 1935, the family moved to Charles City, Iowa, where Elmer gained employment at the Oliver Tractor Factory.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /> Their residences in Charles City included dwellings on Jackson Street, Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Street, D Street, and Richings Street.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite 2013" /> On November 27, 1937, they purchased a home at 807 Jackson Street.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> In May 1942, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Elmer was employed by the General Mills Mechanical Division until 1945.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /> Their Minneapolis-area residences included 1906 Buchanan Street NE (1942–1949), 2542 Garfield Street NE (1949–1993), and 4458 Reservoir Boulevard in Columbia Heights (1993–1994).<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|children=Elmer and Sadie Thorson had three children:

* [[Orrin J Thorson]] was born on April 11, 1927, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He departed this life on February 4, 1930, following a ruptured appendix.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021.
* [[Maryon G Thorson]] was born on February 29, 1936, in the Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> She departed this life on August 28, 1969.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|later_years=Sadie Thorson entered eternal rest on June 23, 1982, in Minneapolis. Elmer Thorson entered eternal rest on December 8, 1994.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T21:04:57Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R LeMoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection[https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/20/content original document]</ref> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-28T21:00:53Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R LeMoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.generationsbefore.me/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-26T19:54:51Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R LeMoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt" /> This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry.<ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /> In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-26T01:09:21Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R LeMoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish. This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry. In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
}}

Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-26T01:05:31Z

Tom.Brink:

{{Family
|husband=Donald Curtis Thorson
|wife=Marguerite Ruth LeMoing
|marriage_date=3 October 1952
|marriage_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota
|husband_death_date=9 January 2021
|wife_death_date=23 June 2026
|children_list=Kathryn Ruth Thorson;Steven Theodore Thorson;Jeanette Marie Thorson;Gregory Michael Thorson

|earlier_years=[[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to [[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/21/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/content original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, [[Marguerite R LeMoing]] was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to [[John M LeMoing]] and [[Ruth E Swenson]].<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/30/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/16/content original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/13/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/6/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/55/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/content original document]</ref>

Donald and Marguerite met through Youth for Christ in 1947.<ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920">2016 920, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/26/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018">920 2018 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/25/content original document]</ref> Both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis.<ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite">Composite, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/content original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2014 Heritage" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents" /><ref name="2014 Genealogy"> 2014 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/5/content original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology">2016 920 Chronology, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/24/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Contents">2016 920 Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/27/content original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920" /><ref name="920 217.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017">920 2017, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/22/content original document]</ref><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite Bjerke">Composite Bjerke, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/37/content original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Composite" />

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955.<ref name="Composite" /><ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /> On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite Thorson" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /><ref name="2014 Swenson" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /><ref name="920 2017" /><ref name="920 2018" /><ref name="Composite" /><ref name="Materials">Materials, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/52/content original document]</ref><ref name="2013 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Chronology" /><ref name="2016 920 Contents" /><ref name="Genealogy Woldt">Genealogy Woldt, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/19/content original document]</ref>

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish. This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry. In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* [[Kathryn R Thorson]] was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* [[Steven T Thorson]] was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* [[Jeanette M Thorson]] was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* [[Gregory M Thorson]] was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.

Donald Thorson went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021, in Wisconsin. Marguerite Thorson went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2026.
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Elmer T Thorson & Sadie J Woldt

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{{Family
|husband=Elmer Theodore Thorson
|wife=Sadie Julia Woldt
|marriage_date=9 June 1926
|marriage_place=Decorah, Iowa
|husband_death_date=8 December 1994
|wife_death_date=23 June 1982
|children_list=Orrin Julian Thorson;Donald Curtis Thorson;Maryon Gloria Thorson

|marriage=[[File:Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.jpg|alt=Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.|thumb|Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day. June 9, 1926. Decorah, Iowa.]]
[[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]] were united in marriage at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 1926, at the United Lutheran Church, also known as Decorah Lutheran, in Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Rev. I. B. Torrison (Professsor Eittrim of Luther College) performed the ceremony.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref>2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref> The bridal party included Louella Thorson as maid of honor, Clarence Thorson as best man, and bridesmaids Anna Nygaard, Elizabeth Istad, and Margaret Burgess.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Following the service, a reception was held at the River Street home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Andrew T. and Bertha Istad.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|life=Between June 1926 and February 1929, the couple resided and worked on the 200-acre Thorson family farm in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite 2013">Composite (2013), Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/details original document]</ref> In February 1929, they sold their livestock and equipment and relocated to Battle Creek, Michigan, where Elmer worked in the packing and shipping department of the United Steel and Wire factory.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/20/details original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/details original document]</ref> Their residences in Battle Creek included an apartment on South Place and houses on Fonda Avenue, including 52 Fonda Avenue.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" />

In April 1935, the family moved to Charles City, Iowa, where Elmer gained employment at the Oliver Tractor Factory.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /> Their residences in Charles City included dwellings on Jackson Street, Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Street, D Street, and Richings Street.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite 2013" /> On November 27, 1937, they purchased a home at 807 Jackson Street.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> In May 1942, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Elmer was employed by the General Mills Mechanical Division until 1945.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /> Their Minneapolis-area residences included 1906 Buchanan Street NE (1942–1949), 2542 Garfield Street NE (1949–1993), and 4458 Reservoir Boulevard in Columbia Heights (1993–1994).<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|children=Elmer and Sadie Thorson had three children:

* [[Orrin J Thorson]] was born on April 11, 1927, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He departed this life on February 4, 1930, following a ruptured appendix.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2021.
* [[Maryon G Thorson]] was born on February 29, 1936, in the Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> She departed this life on August 28, 1969.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|later_years=Sadie Thorson entered eternal rest on June 23, 1982, in Minneapolis. Elmer Thorson entered eternal rest on December 8, 1994.
}}

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Elmer T Thorson & Sadie J Woldt

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{{Family
|husband=Elmer Theodore Thorson
|wife=Sadie Julia Woldt
|marriage_date=9 June 1926
|marriage_place=Decorah, Iowa
|husband_death_date=8 December 1994
|wife_death_date=23 June 1982
|children_list=Orrin Julian Thorson;Donald Curtis Thorson;Maryon Gloria Thorson

|marriage=[[File:Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.jpg|alt=Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.|thumb|Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day. June 9, 1926. Decorah, Iowa.]]
[[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]] were united in marriage at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 1926, at the United Lutheran Church, also known as Decorah Lutheran, in Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Rev. I. B. Torrison (Professsor Eittrim of Luther College) performed the ceremony.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref>2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref> The bridal party included Louella Thorson as maid of honor, Clarence Thorson as best man, and bridesmaids Anna Nygaard, Elizabeth Istad, and Margaret Burgess.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Following the service, a reception was held at the River Street home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Andrew T. and Bertha Istad.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|life=Between June 1926 and February 1929, the couple resided and worked on the 200-acre Thorson family farm in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite 2013">Composite (2013), Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/details original document]</ref> In February 1929, they sold their livestock and equipment and relocated to Battle Creek, Michigan, where Elmer worked in the packing and shipping department of the United Steel and Wire factory.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/20/details original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/details original document]</ref> Their residences in Battle Creek included an apartment on South Place and houses on Fonda Avenue, including 52 Fonda Avenue.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" />

In April 1935, the family moved to Charles City, Iowa, where Elmer gained employment at the Oliver Tractor Factory.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /> Their residences in Charles City included dwellings on Jackson Street, Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Street, D Street, and Richings Street.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite 2013" /> On November 27, 1937, they purchased a home at 807 Jackson Street.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> In May 1942, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Elmer was employed by the General Mills Mechanical Division until 1945.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /> Their Minneapolis-area residences included 1906 Buchanan Street NE (1942–1949), 2542 Garfield Street NE (1949–1993), and 4458 Reservoir Boulevard in Columbia Heights (1993–1994).<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|children=Elmer and Sadie Thorson had three children:

* [[Orrin J Thorson]] was born on April 11, 1927, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He died on February 4, 1930, following a ruptured appendix.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Maryon G Thorson]] was born on February 29, 1936, in the Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> She died on August 28, 1969.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|later_years=Sadie Thorson entered eternal rest on June 23, 1982, in Minneapolis. Elmer Thorson entered eternal rest on December 8, 1994.
}}

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Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

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|earlier_years=Donald Curtis Thorson was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to Elmer Theodore Thorson and Sadie Julia Woldt.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/21/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, Marguerite Ruth LeMoing was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to John Mathurin LeMoing and Ruth Elisabeth Swenson.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/30/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/16/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/13/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/6/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/55/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Before their lives joined, both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis. Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.
|marriage=[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953. From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish. They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955. On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish. This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry. In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:

* Kathryn R Thorson was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel C Brink on April 8, 1978.
* Steven T Thorson was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra M Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
* Jeanette M Thorson was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married C Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
* Gregory M Thorson was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He married Rhonda R Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.
}}

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Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day.
3 Oct 1952
Minneapolis, MN

|earlier_years=Donald Curtis Thorson was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to Elmer Theodore Thorson and Sadie Julia Woldt.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/21/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, Marguerite Ruth LeMoing was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to John Mathurin LeMoing and Ruth Elisabeth Swenson.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/30/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/16/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/13/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/6/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/55/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Before their lives joined, both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis. Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.
[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
|marriage=The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953. From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish. They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955. On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish. This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry. In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:
Kathryn Ruth Thorson was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel Craig Brink on April 8, 1978.
Steven Theodore Thorson was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra Marie Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
Jeanette Marie Thorson was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married Charles Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
Gregory Michael Thorson was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church (some family records document his birth as May 10, 1961). He married Rhonda Rae Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.
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Donald C Thorson & Marguerite R Lemoing

2026-08-25T01:14:45Z

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|earlier_years=Donald Curtis Thorson was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa, to Elmer Theodore Thorson and Sadie Julia Woldt.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Genealogy Contents">2014 Genealogy Contents, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/21/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref> On November 13, 1931, Marguerite Ruth LeMoing was born at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to John Mathurin LeMoing and Ruth Elisabeth Swenson.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2013 Genealogy>2013 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/30/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Heritage">2014 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/16/details original document]</ref><ref name="2014 Swenson">2014 Swenson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/13/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Essay Betsy">2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy /><ref name="2016 920 Marriages">2016 920 Marriages, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/6/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite Thorson">Composite Thorson, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/55/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Before their lives joined, both Donald and Marguerite graduated from Edison High School in Minneapolis. Marguerite went on to graduate from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, while Donald completed his education at Augsburg College and Luther Theological Seminary.
[[File:Don.jpg|thumb|Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day. 3 Oct 1952, Minneapolis, MN.]]
|marriage=The couple was united in marriage on October 3, 1952, at Concordia Lutheran Church, located at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE in Minneapolis.

|life=Following their wedding, the newlyweds established their first residence at 3901 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, where they resided from October 1952 until June 1953. From June to August 1953, they moved temporarily to Houston, Minnesota, where Donald served the Houston Lutheran Parish. They then returned to Minneapolis, living at 22nd and Fillmore Street NE and working as custodians of Concordia Lutheran Church until June 1955. On June 19, 1955, Donald was ordained into the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Donald’s ministry next took the family to New Rockford, North Dakota, where they lived from June 1955 until April 1959 while Donald served the Kvernes-Stavanger Lutheran Parish. This period included a brief transition during the winter and spring of 1958 when Donald studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the family stayed in a parsonage mobile home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, before Donald returned to Gospel ministry. In April 1959, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Donald took a call at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. In Milwaukee, they lived at 3921 Highland Boulevard until May 1961, and then at 726 N. 31st Street until September 1964. In September 1964, they relocated to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where Donald served Central Lutheran Church. They initially lived at 610 Mansfield Street, but on May 5, 1975, the family established their long-term residence at 327 Marshall Street.

|children=Donald and Marguerite had four children, listed chronologically as follows:
Kathryn Ruth Thorson was born on August 25, 1954, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church. She married Daniel Craig Brink on April 8, 1978.
Steven Theodore Thorson was born on April 9, 1956, at Catholic Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota, and was baptized at Stavanger Lutheran Church. He married Debra Marie Kullberg on August 22, 1987.
Jeanette Marie Thorson was born on May 25, 1959, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. She married Charles Rolf Arnquist on September 22, 1990.
Gregory Michael Thorson was born on May 12, 1961, at the Milwaukee Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church (some family records document his birth as May 10, 1961). He married Rhonda Rae Poirier on December 29, 1984.

|later_years=In August 1987, Donald resigned from Central Lutheran Church and accepted a call as active pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Hallie, Chippewa Falls, which was affiliated with the American Association of Lutheran Churches. Donald served as the pastor of Christ Lutheran Church until September 2005, at which point he became Pastor Emeritus.

Following his retirement from active pastoral service, Donald accepted several temporary ministries, serving Peace Lutheran Church in St. Francis, Kansas, during Lent and Easter of 2006, and Trinity Lutheran in Boscobel, Wisconsin, from October 2006 through October 2009. In 2009, he accepted a four-fold calling.
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Donald Thorson & Marguerite LeMoing Wedding Day.
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Elmer T Thorson & Sadie J Woldt

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|marriage_date=9 June 1926
|marriage_place=Decorah, Iowa
|husband_death_date=8 December 1994
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|marriage=[[File:Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.jpg|alt=Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.|thumb|Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day. June 9, 1926. Decorah, Iowa.]]
[[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]] were united in marriage at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 1926, at the United Lutheran Church, also known as Decorah Lutheran, in Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Rev. I. B. Torrison (Professsor Eittrim of Luther College) performed the ceremony.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref>2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref> The bridal party included Louella Thorson as maid of honor, Clarence Thorson as best man, and bridesmaids Anna Nygaard, Elizabeth Istad, and Margaret Burgess.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Following the service, a reception was held at the River Street home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Andrew T. and Bertha Istad.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|life=Between June 1926 and February 1929, the couple resided and worked on the 200-acre Thorson family farm in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite 2013">Composite (2013), Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/details original document]</ref> In February 1929, they sold their livestock and equipment and relocated to Battle Creek, Michigan, where Elmer worked in the packing and shipping department of the United Steel and Wire factory.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/20/details original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/details original document]</ref> Their residences in Battle Creek included an apartment on South Place and houses on Fonda Avenue, including 52 Fonda Avenue.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" />

In April 1935, the family moved to Charles City, Iowa, where Elmer gained employment at the Oliver Tractor Factory.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /> Their residences in Charles City included dwellings on Jackson Street, Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Street, D Street, and Richings Street.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite 2013" /> On November 27, 1937, they purchased a home at 807 Jackson Street.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> In May 1942, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Elmer was employed by the General Mills Mechanical Division until 1945.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /> Their Minneapolis-area residences included 1906 Buchanan Street NE (1942–1949), 2542 Garfield Street NE (1949–1993), and 4458 Reservoir Boulevard in Columbia Heights (1993–1994).<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|children=Elmer and Sadie Thorson had three children:

* [[Orrin J Thorson]] was born on April 11, 1927, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He died on February 4, 1930, following a ruptured appendix.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Maryon G Thorson]] was born on February 29, 1936, in the Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> She died on August 28, 1969.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|later_years=Sadie Thorson died on June 23, 1982, in Minneapolis. Elmer Thorson died on December 8, 1994.
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Elmer T Thorson & Sadie J Woldt

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[[File:Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.jpg|alt=Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.|thumb|Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day. June 9, 1926. Decorah, Iowa.]]
|marriage=[[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]] were united in marriage at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 1926, at the United Lutheran Church, also known as Decorah Lutheran, in Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Rev. I. B. Torrison (Professsor Eittrim of Luther College) performed the ceremony.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref>2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref> The bridal party included Louella Thorson as maid of honor, Clarence Thorson as best man, and bridesmaids Anna Nygaard, Elizabeth Istad, and Margaret Burgess.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Following the service, a reception was held at the River Street home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Andrew T. and Bertha Istad.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|life=Between June 1926 and February 1929, the couple resided and worked on the 200-acre Thorson family farm in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite 2013">Composite (2013), Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/details original document]</ref> In February 1929, they sold their livestock and equipment and relocated to Battle Creek, Michigan, where Elmer worked in the packing and shipping department of the United Steel and Wire factory.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/20/details original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/details original document]</ref> Their residences in Battle Creek included an apartment on South Place and houses on Fonda Avenue, including 52 Fonda Avenue.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" />

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|children=Elmer and Sadie Thorson had three children:

* [[Orrin J Thorson]] was born on April 11, 1927, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He died on February 4, 1930, following a ruptured appendix.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Maryon G Thorson]] was born on February 29, 1936, in the Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> She died on August 28, 1969.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

|later_years=Sadie Thorson died on June 23, 1982, in Minneapolis. Elmer Thorson died on December 8, 1994.
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Elmer T Thorson & Sadie J Woldt

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[[File:Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.jpg|alt=Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.|thumb|Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day. June 9, 1926. Decorah, Iowa.]]
[[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]] were united in marriage at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 1926, at the United Lutheran Church, also known as Decorah Lutheran, in Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Rev. I. B. Torrison (Professsor Eittrim of Luther College) performed the ceremony.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref>2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref> The bridal party included Louella Thorson as maid of honor, Clarence Thorson as best man, and bridesmaids Anna Nygaard, Elizabeth Istad, and Margaret Burgess.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Following the service, a reception was held at the River Street home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Andrew T. and Bertha Istad.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Between June 1926 and February 1929, the couple resided and worked on the 200-acre Thorson family farm in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite 2013">Composite (2013), Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/details original document]</ref> In February 1929, they sold their livestock and equipment and relocated to Battle Creek, Michigan, where Elmer worked in the packing and shipping department of the United Steel and Wire factory.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/20/details original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/details original document]</ref> Their residences in Battle Creek included an apartment on South Place and houses on Fonda Avenue, including 52 Fonda Avenue.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" />

In April 1935, the family moved to Charles City, Iowa, where Elmer gained employment at the Oliver Tractor Factory.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /> Their residences in Charles City included dwellings on Jackson Street, Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Street, D Street, and Richings Street.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite 2013" /> On November 27, 1937, they purchased a home at 807 Jackson Street.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> In May 1942, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Elmer was employed by the General Mills Mechanical Division until 1945.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /> Their Minneapolis-area residences included 1906 Buchanan Street NE (1942–1949), 2542 Garfield Street NE (1949–1993), and 4458 Reservoir Boulevard in Columbia Heights (1993–1994).<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Elmer and Sadie Thorson had three children:

* [[Orrin J Thorson]] was born on April 11, 1927, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He died on February 4, 1930, following a ruptured appendix.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Donald C Thorson]] was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* [[Maryon G Thorson]] was born on February 29, 1936, in the Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> She died on August 28, 1969.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Sadie Thorson died on June 23, 1982, in Minneapolis. Elmer Thorson died on December 8, 1994.

Elmer T Thorson

2026-08-24T19:51:03Z

Tom.Brink:

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|birth_date=8 Dec 1903
|birth_place=Hesper, Winneshiek County, IA, USA
|death_date=8 Dec 1994
|death_place=Columbia Heights, Anoka County, MN, USA
|occupation=
|father=Ole P Thorson
|mother=Betsey L Johnson
|spouse=Sadie J Woldt
|notes=
|name=Elmer Theodore Thorson}}

Elmer T Thorson & Sadie J Woldt

2026-08-24T19:49:50Z

Tom.Brink: Finished adding citations

[[File:Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.jpg|alt=Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.|thumb|Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day. June 9, 1926. Decorah, Iowa.]]
[[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]] were united in marriage at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 1926, at the United Lutheran Church, also known as Decorah Lutheran, in Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Rev. I. B. Torrison (Professsor Eittrim of Luther College) performed the ceremony.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref>2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref> The bridal party included Louella Thorson as maid of honor, Clarence Thorson as best man, and bridesmaids Anna Nygaard, Elizabeth Istad, and Margaret Burgess.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Following the service, a reception was held at the River Street home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Andrew T. and Bertha Istad.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Between June 1926 and February 1929, the couple resided and worked on the 200-acre Thorson family farm in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite 2013">Composite (2013), Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/details original document]</ref> In February 1929, they sold their livestock and equipment and relocated to Battle Creek, Michigan, where Elmer worked in the packing and shipping department of the United Steel and Wire factory.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/20/details original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/details original document]</ref> Their residences in Battle Creek included an apartment on South Place and houses on Fonda Avenue, including 52 Fonda Avenue.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" />

In April 1935, the family moved to Charles City, Iowa, where Elmer gained employment at the Oliver Tractor Factory.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="920 2017.Family" /> Their residences in Charles City included dwellings on Jackson Street, Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Street, D Street, and Richings Street.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="Composite 2013" /> On November 27, 1937, they purchased a home at 807 Jackson Street.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> In May 1942, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Elmer was employed by the General Mills Mechanical Division until 1945.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /> Their Minneapolis-area residences included 1906 Buchanan Street NE (1942–1949), 2542 Garfield Street NE (1949–1993), and 4458 Reservoir Boulevard in Columbia Heights (1993–1994).<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 Heritage" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Elmer and Sadie Thorson had three children:

* Orrin Julian Thorson was born on April 11, 1927, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> He died on February 4, 1930, following a ruptured appendix.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* Donald Curtis Thorson was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />
* Maryon Gloria Thorson was born on February 29, 1936, in the Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> She died on August 28, 1969.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Sadie Thorson died on June 23, 1982, in Minneapolis. Elmer Thorson died on December 8, 1994.

File:Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding Day.jpg

2026-08-24T19:34:26Z

Tom.Brink:

Elmer Thorson and Sadie Woldt Wedding.
Date: 9 Jun 1926
Location: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA

Elmer T Thorson & Sadie J Woldt

2026-08-24T00:49:28Z

Tom.Brink:

[[Elmer T Thorson]] and [[Sadie J Woldt]] were united in marriage at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 1926, at the United Lutheran Church, also known as Decorah Lutheran, in Decorah, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy">2012 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/31/details original document]</ref><ref name="Donald Confirmation">Donald Confirmation, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/56/details original document]</ref> Rev. I. B. Torrison (Professsor Eittrim of Luther College) performed the ceremony.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref>2015 Essay Betsy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/23/details original document]</ref><ref name="2015 Genealogy">2015 Genealogy, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/29/details original document]</ref> The bridal party included Louella Thorson as maid of honor, Clarence Thorson as best man, and bridesmaids Anna Nygaard, Elizabeth Istad, and Margaret Burgess.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" /> Following the service, a reception was held at the River Street home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Andrew T. and Bertha Istad.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="Donald Confirmation" />

Between June 1926 and February 1929, the couple resided and worked on the 200-acre Thorson family farm in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse">2016 920 Warehouse, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/32/details original document]</ref><ref name="Composite 2013">Composite (2013), Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/39/details original document]</ref> In February 1929, they sold their livestock and equipment and relocated to Battle Creek, Michigan, where Elmer worked in the packing and shipping department of the United Steel and Wire factory.<ref name="2015 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" /><ref name="2016 Heritage">2016 Heritage, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/20/details original document]</ref><ref name="920 2017.Family">920 2017.Family, Don Thorson collection, [https://docs.losingctrl.online/documents/1/details original document]</ref> Their residences in Battle Creek included an apartment on South Place and houses on Fonda Avenue, including 52 Fonda Avenue.<ref name="2012 Genealogy" /><ref name="2016 920 Warehouse" />

In April 1935, the family moved to Charles City, Iowa, where Elmer gained employment at the Oliver Tractor Factory. Their residences in Charles City included dwellings on Jackson Street, Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Street, D Street, and Richings Street . On November 27, 1937, they purchased a home at 807 Jackson Street. In May 1942, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Elmer was employed by the General Mills Mechanical Division until 1945. Their Minneapolis-area residences included 1906 Buchanan Street NE (1942–1949), 2542 Garfield Street NE (1949–1993), and 4458 Reservoir Boulevard in Columbia Heights (1993–1994).

Elmer and Sadie Thorson had three children: Orrin Julian Thorson was born on April 11, 1927, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa. He died on February 4, 1930, following a ruptured appendix. Donald Curtis Thorson was born on December 22, 1928, at his grandparents' home in West Decorah, Iowa. Maryon Gloria Thorson was born on February 29, 1936, in the Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City, Iowa. She died on August 28, 1969.

Sadie Thorson died on June 23, 1982, in Minneapolis. Elmer Thorson died on December 8, 1994.