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Berit SVIEN

Female 1876 - 1962  (85 years)

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  • Name Berit SVIEN 
    Birth 2 Oct 1876  Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Jun 1962  Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • From the Faribault Daily News, June 12, 1962:

      DENNSION (Special) -- Funeral services were held Saturday June 9, at 2 p.m. at the Vang Lutheran Church for Mrs. Berit Thoreson, 86, with the Rev. H. S. Bly officiating in the absence of the regular pastor, the Rev. B. J. Blikstad. The pallbearers were Bernhard Ellingboe, Arnold Ellingboe, Iver Ellingboe, Arthur Egland, Albert Remme and Julius Svien. Interment was in the Vang Cemetery. The soloist, Mrs. Elmer Taxdahl, sang "Abide With Me" and "In The Garden", with Mrs. Truman Skaro, organist of the Urland Lutheran Church, accompanying. Berit Svien, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Svien, was born October 2, 1876, in Warsaw Township. She was bapitzed and confirmed in the Vang Lutheran Church. She married Thomas Thoreson of the Dennison area Sept. 8, 1909. The couple lived and farmed in this area. She passed away at the Cannon Falls Community Hospital Wednesday, June 6, after a long illness. Surviving are two son, Franklin and Clarence, at home; three daughters, Miss Randi Thoreson of Dennison and Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Esterby and Mrs. Reinhart (Clara) Komis of rural Cannon Falls; two brothers, Sever A. Svien of Cannon Falls and Martin A. Svien of Northfield and two sisters, Mrs. John (Marie) Nelson and Mrs. Anna Ellingboe. Her husband, two sisters, a son and two brothers preceded her in death.
    Person ID I32917  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2021 

    Father Anders Anderson SVIEN,   b. 17 Sep 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1939, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Marit Asbjørnsdatter BREKKE,   b. 15 Dec 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1933, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1872 
    Family ID F2859  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas THORESON,   b. 2 Mar 1863, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1931, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 8 Sep 1909 
    Children 
     1. Franklin THORESON,   b. 1910, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F22671  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 May 2023 


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