Funeral services for Pauline (Thorson) King will be held 11 a.m. Friday March 9, 2018, at Valley Christian Center in Spring Valley, with Pastor James Leonard officiating. Burial will be in Bennington Cemetery, Bennington Twp., Mower County. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church.
Pauline Thorson King, age 98 years, four months and two days, of Ostrander, Minn., died Sunday March 4, 2018 at the Ostrander Care and Rehab.
Pauline, was the widow of Norwin Thorson, whom she married on June 9, 1946. The couple made their home on a farm in Racine, Minn., where they had four children. In the summer of 1952 they moved to Ostrander, Minn., where they spent the rest of their lives. Norwin died on June 30, 1980, at their home following a battle with lung cancer.
Pauline taught school, mostly grade school, in many communities including Spring Valley, Racine and Stewartville, where she retired in May 1983.
On July 25, 1982, she was united in marriage to Marvin King in the Assembly of God Church in Spring Valley, Minn. They also made their home in Ostrander, Minn. Marvin died June 10, 1984, at home. (Marvin is buried in the Spring Valley Cemetery next to his first wife.)
Pauline is survived by her children: David (Jeanie) Thorson of Rochester, Minn., Mary Adrian of Prior Lake, Minn., Tommy Thorson of Ostrander, Minn., and Rita Thorson of Faribault, Minn.; five grandchildren: Heather (Dae) Yang, Dustin (Danielle) Thorson, Shawn Thorson, Ryan Hammes and Sarah Adrian; 12 great-grandchildren, a sister-in-law Maxine Runkle of Stewartville, Minn., and many nieces and nephews and her church family.
Condolences may be left at www.hindtfuneralhomes.com.
Janis and Ron says
ALways a smile on Pauline’s face😀
A Great Lady! RIP. Janis(Thorson) Smalley
Janis and Ron says
Pauline was always a pleasure to be around! She was a well known person of Ostrander and will be missed by all
RIP. Janis (Thorson) Smalley