Tergus Gunnefson TORRISON

Family/Spouse: Anna Marie JOHNSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His parents were born in Aust-Agder, Norway.

In the 1900 census, he and his family lived in the town of Rockland in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Goodnow married Anna Gunnarsdatter HAAVERUD on 6 Dec 1882 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Anna (daughter of Gunnar Nilsen RØDNINGEN and Kari Olsdatter KOLSTAD) was born on 12 Sep 1860 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Jan 1934 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Christina THOMPSON. Christina (daughter of Even THOMPSON and Anna Marie ABOL) was born on 16 Jun 1875 in Rockland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 28 Sep 1959 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His draft registration (12 Sep 1918 in Two Rivers) gave his birth date as 9 Nov 1885. The 1900 census had his birth date as November of 1884 because it showed him as 15 years old.

A different George and Emma funded the George A. and Emma J. Torrison Medical Scholarship, administered through the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. George A. a Chicago physician, died in 1936. His wife died in 1961 at the age of 95. That couple were the parents of Martha and Agnes.

Died:
after 12 Sep 1918, the day he registered for the draft

Family/Spouse: Emma Karoline HELGESEN. Emma (daughter of Ole HELGESEN and Ida Ågot Andersdatter) was born on 27 Dec 1885 in Brown County, Wisconsin; died on 14 Mar 1973 in Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Christian Hougen, 56, nee Etta Torrison, died last night at the Holy Family hospital following a stroke she suffered at the farm home in Cato a week ago.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. from the home and at two o'clock at Our Saviors Lutheran church in Valders.

Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.

Mrs. Hougen was born in Rockland in 1887 and in 1910 was married to Mr. Hougen. They located on the farm in Cato.
Survivors are the widower, two daughters, Mrs. Theodore Bieberitz of Valders and Verna Mae, on the home farm; son, Alton, on the farm; two brothers, Bennett of Rockland and Orrin of Valders; four sisters, Mrs. Alfred Christianson and Mrs. Leonard Larson of Cato, Mrs. Joel Johnson of Liberty, Mrs. Leonard Johnston of Valders; also two grandchildren.

Coretta married Christian Cornelius HOUGEN on 19 Oct 1910 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Christian (son of Thorval HOUGEN and Guri Christophersdatter (Julia) KONGSLIEN) was born on 23 Jul 1884 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 30 Dec 1975 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried in Our Saviors Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Eveline Irene.

Mrs. Leonard Johnston, 72, of Park Lawn Nursing Home, Manitowoc, formerly of Valders, died early Monday morning at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Faith Lutheran Church, Valders. The Rev. Robert Onkka will officiate and burial will be in Valders West Cemetery.

Mrs. Johnston, nee Irene Torrison, was born Dec. 5, 1899, in the Town of Rockland, daughter of the late Goodnow and Anna Gunderson Torrison. She was married to Leonard Johnston June 14, 1922, at Valders. Her husband preceded her in death Feb. 8, 1972.

Survivors include a son, three daughters, and 10 grandchildren. Five brothers and four sisters preceded her in death. (Survivors edited for living)

Family/Spouse: Leonard JOHNSTON. Leonard (son of Otis JOHNSTON and Ida Marie QUALLEY) was born on 6 Aug 1898 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 8 Feb 1972 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He farmed most of his life and worked at the Valders Canning Company for 42 years. He was a former deacon and trustee of his church, presumably Faith Lutheran of Valders.

At the time of the 1950 census, he and his wife and two sons lived in Cato.

Died:
Reedsville

Family/Spouse: Clara BERG. Clara (daughter of Knut BERG and Ingeborg ALFSTAD) was born on 11 Nov 1902 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 12 Mar 1978 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Florence Evangeline Torrison Berge, died on August 6, 1916, when she was 19 years old. She died at the Torrison farm from an infection from recent tonsil surgery. She married Oscar Berge, less than one year ago, on August 18, 1915.

Florence was the beloved oldest daughter of George and Christina Torrison, born on December 30, 1896. She will be deeply missed by her husband, her parents, her sister Ada, and her brothers, Eugene, Norman, Hartley, Ivan, Sylvan, and Arnold.

Florence married Oscar Kenneth BERGE on 18 Aug 1915 in Cato, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Oscar (son of Anton Olsen BERGE and Oline GIGSTAD) was born on 23 Sep 1891 in Liberty Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 26 Nov 1975 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; was buried in Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lila Annabell ELLESTAD. Lila (daughter of Theodore ELLESTAD and Matilda) was born on 24 Oct 1914 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lawrence D CREADON. Lawrence was born about 1904 in Illinois; died in Jun 1975 in Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Graduated from Valders High School in 1930.

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she was a beauty operator at a beauty shop. She and her husband, with her mother and youngest sister, lived in Riverside, Illinois.

Birth:
the date in SSDI

Family/Spouse: Anton FRIDRYCH. Anton was born about 1911 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called “Georganna” in the 1920 census.

In the 1940 census, she was unmarried and living with her mother and her married sister Jeanette in Riverside, Illinois. She was an office worker for an electric appliance manufacturer.

Died:
last residence Lyons, Cook County

Family/Spouse: John C HARDINA. John was born on 2 Nov 1916; died on 14 Sep 1989 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alton Hougen, 62, of Rt. 2, Reedsville, died Friday morning at his residence.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Faith Lutheran Church, Valders. The Rev. Carl Peters will officiate with burial in Our Savior Cemetery, Valders.

Mr. Hougen was born Jan. 8, 1914, in the Town of Cato, son of the late Christian and Etta Torrison Hougen. He attended Valders schools and was a farmer. He was also employed at Voigt Lumber Co. and Valders Oil Co.

He married May Schurr Sept. 30, 1944, at Manitowoc. She preceded him in death in January of 1973. He married Frieda Bruss March 21, 1975, at Manitowoc.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, David, of Sheboygan, and Dennis, of Howards Grove; three step-sons; two sisters, Mrs. Ted (Ellen) Bieberitz, of Valders and Mrs. Lloyd (Vera Mae) Voigt, of Manitowoc, and nine grandchildren. Three brothers preceded him in death.

Alton married Mae SCHURR on 30 Sep 1944 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Mae was born on 23 Nov 1916 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 10 Jan 1973 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried in Our Saviors Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ellen G. Bieberitz, age 93, of 338 N. Jackson Street, Valders, died Monday afternoon, February 20, 2012, at the Manitowoc Health & Rehabilitation Center, Manitowoc.

She was born on October 27, 1917 in Reedsville, daughter of the late Christian and Etta (Torrison) Hougen. Ellen graduated from Valders High School and then attended Manitowoc County Teachers College. On May 3, 1941 she married Theodore H. Bieberitz in Iowa. He preceded her in death on April 16, 1993. Ellen was a teacher in a one room school house in the Valders area for many years. Besides being a loving and devoted mother, Ellen worked many part time jobs. When her children were in school, she went back to teaching at the Valders Elementary School while attending Silver Lake College. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and held the position of the first woman president for the Ladies Aide.

Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law: Jay and Inga Bieberitz, Arkansas, Jerold and Ann Bieberitz, rural Valders, Thomas and Gay Bieberitz, Marinette; one daughter and two sons-in-law: Beverly and Victor Schnell, St. Nazianz, Greg Daul, California; nine grandchildren: Ty and Sheree Daul, Trevor and Kathaleen Daul, Kymberly and Gerald Valleskey, Coty Schnell, Christian Schnell, Jerrod and Katie Bieberitz, Derrick Bieberitz, Denin Bieberitz and Maria Bieberitz; and six great-grandchildren: Kahli, Annalise and Indya Daul, Makenna, Alexa and Trentin Bieberitz. Also surviving are nieces and nephews: Russelyn Peterson, David and Dennis Hougen and a special thank you to Patti Voigt Maly. She is further survived by other relatives and friends. Ellen was also preceded in death by a daughter: Bette Daul; two brothers: Russel and Alton Hougen and a sister: Verna Mae Voigt.

Family/Spouse: Theodore BIEBERITZ. Theodore was buried in Our Saviors Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: J.W. BERGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Glenn M. Torrison (Schwen), age 64, of 1240 W. Upper Falls Road, Reedsville, died Monday evening, May 2, 1994, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 6, 1994, at Faith Lutheran Church, Valders. Rev. Carl Peters and Rev. William Timm will officiate with burial at Valders West Cemetery.

He was born June 14, 1929, in Valders, son of the late Orin and Clara Berg Torrison. He attended Valders Public Schools and was a 1947 graduate of Valders High School. He married Ruth Bronk September 27, 1952, in Manitowoc. He farmed all of his adult life retiring in 1991 due to poor health. In previous years he also worked for Brennan's, Rolland's, Alois Endries and Dan Meyer Builder. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Valders, serving on various church boards and many years on the Valders West Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth; one son, Thomas Torrison, Reedsville; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Beverly Torrison, Reedsville, Susan and Warren Wenzel, Chilton, Karen and Duane Martin, Jackson, Wis.; four grandchildren, Jennifer and Michael Wenzel, Jared and Ashley Martin; one brother and sister-in-law, David and Barbara Torrison, Adell; three sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law, Norman and Cynthia Bronk, Sterling, Mass., William and Bette Platten, St. Nazianz, Jean Bronk, Manitowoc; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother and a brother-in-law.

Friends may call at Faith Lutheran Church from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, May 5, 1994, and Friday morning from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

He was happy spending time with his family doing carpenter work and pitching horseshoe. He enjoyed playing cards, belonging to several card clubs and loved playing and visiting with his Friday Sheepshead buddies at Butch's in Osman. He will be sadly missed by all.

Family/Spouse: Ruth BRONK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]