Vera Leona Madsen

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The Garner Leader & Signal - Garner, Iowa
March 19, 2002

Vera L. Thorn 1915-2002

Funeral service for Vera L. Thorn was held on Saturday, March 16, 2002 at 10:30 a.m., at the United Methodist Church in LuVerne, Rev. Dale Reisner officiating. Interment was in Union Cemetery, Humboldt, Iowa., Garry-Roberts-Murphy- Schaaf Funeral Home of LuVerne in charge of arrangements.

Vera Leona Thorn was born on December 2, 1915, at Humboldt, Iowa, to John and Mary Anne Petersen Madsen.

The family moved to Denison, Iowa and Vera graduated from the Denison High School in 1933. Vera then attended Sioux Falls College for two years and earned her Teacher's Certificate, after attending summer school in Boulder, Colorado. Vera taught elementary school in LuVerne and Dakota City from 1938 until 1953. She was married to Joseph Donald Thorn on June 7, 1942, in Springfield, Missouri.

Vera was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church in Humboldt. She attended, and was very active in the United Methodist Church in LuVerne, where she belonged to the UMW and the Evening Circle. She also played the organ for the church for many years. Vera enjoyed shopping and quilting, Her husband Joe preceded her in death on June 1, 1989.

Vera became a resident of the Algona Manor Care Center in August of 2001. She died there on Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at the age of 86.

Vera is survived by her sister, Vivian Erickson, Humboldt, Iowa and 3 nephews, Bruce Erickson, Park City, Utah, John Erickson, Humboldt, Iowa and Francis Erickson, Omaha, Nebraska.

Vera blev gift med Joseph Donald Thorn. (Joseph Donald Thorn blev født den 5 Aug. 1914 i Livermore Hu, Iowa, døde den 1 Jun. 1989 i Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa og blev begravet i Union Cemetery, Humbolt.)