Kenneth Richard Thorson
Marriages
Betty Lou Stoddart - June 6, 1948
In Grand Junction, Colorado
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8A Death Notice - July 8, 2016
Kenneth R. Thorson, 96, Grand Junction, died July 7, 2016, at
HopeWest and Hospice Care Center.
Services will take place at a later date.
He was a farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Lou; two sons, Kenneth of
Bayfield, and Melvin of Fruita; one daughter, Katherine Harris of
Whitewater; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to HopeWest, 3090B North 12th St.,
Grand Junction 81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D Obituary - October 8, 2017
Kenneth Richard
Thorson
October 16, 1919 - July 7, 2016
Betty Lou Thorson
July 12, 1926 - September 26, 2017
Kenneth and Betty were
married on June 6, 1948 in
Grand Junction, they were
married for 68 years.
Betty was born in Alder, CO
to George Gill Stoddart and Ollie May Fulton. She graduated
from Grand Junction High School. She worked in Uravan,
milling uranium tailings, as a butcher, senior caregiver, and
helped run their farms.
Kenneth R. Thorson was born in Siebert, CO to Thalmer
Thorson and Nancy Pearl Johnson. He joined the US Army Air
Corps in 1942. He was honorably discharged in 1945 with
distinguished medals. Together, he and Betty ran a dairy in
DeBeque, raised fruit on Orchard Mesa and homesteaded a
wheat farm in British Columbia, Canada. They enjoyed family,
friends, playing cards, hunting, fishing and the Bronco’s.
They are preceded in death by their parents; Kenneth’s
brothers, Bennie, Marvin, and Dave; Betty’s brothers, Clarence,
Harry, Earnest, and Charly; infant son, Donald Ray, and
grandson, Nels Thomas Thorson.
They are survived by their sons, Ken (Marla) Thorson of
Durango, and Melvin (Joni) of Fruita, CO; daughter, Katherine
(Mitchell) Harris of Whitewater; five grandchildren, and eight
great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at the Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in
Grand Junction on Monday, November 27, 2017, at 1:00 p.m.
Contributions can be sent to HopeWest Hospice, 3090B N.
12th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81506.
Our family sincerely appreciates the VA, Dr. Hamner,
Larchwood Inns, HopeWest Hospice, Dr. Arja, and all their
wonderful staff for the care they provided our parents.
