Obit: Thornsten, Peter (1882 – 1977)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Thornsten, Dix, Wedin, Cortesi

---------Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 9 Mar 1977

Thornsten, Peter (22 Oct 1882 – 7 Mar 1977)

Peter Thornsten, aged 94, of R.R. 2, Colby, of the town of Hull, died on Monday, March 7, 1977 at 8:00 p.m. in the Colonial House of Colby.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 10, 1977 at 1:30 p.m. at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home in Owen, with Rev. Kenneth Dix officiating.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 9, 1977 after 4 p.m. at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home.

Mr. Thornsten was born October 22, 1882 in Sweden, and came to this country in 1900. He first worked for a dairy farm in the State of Washington. In 1918 he moved to the Curtis area, and lived and worked there until 1926.

In 1926 he moved to Withee and worked on the Soo Line Rairroad on a section crew until retirement in 1948. He moved to the town of Hull in the Colby area in 1959.

Mr. Thornsten married Edith Wedin of Owen on May 30, 1930.

The deceased is survived by his wife, Edith, one son, Kenneth Thornsten of Highland Park, Illinois, on daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Ellen) Cortesi, also of Highland Park, one brother, Olf, living in Sweden, and three grandchildren.