Lois Ester/Esther Thoreson Kowski, wife of the late Frank Frederick Kowski, passed away on Friday, May 31, 2013. She was 98. We had known her for almost 50 years - smart, sweet, kind and caring lady. She was buried next to Frank in the Grand Canyon NP cemetery. RIP, dear Lois.
To celebrate her life and honor her memory and that of her husband, her grandson, Tom Seidenkranz, was presented with a photo of her and NPS Director Russ Dickenson when Kowski Hall at Albright Training Center was dedicated.
Lois and Frank were collectors of Native American artifacts. They had an old Navajo rug that covered their entire floor.
Lois was raised in York, ND, in the north central part of the state. Her stories of growing up on a homestead farm in North Dakota and manning the fire towers while "the men went to war" will be missed by her grandson who has been to the farm once. Most of the property is still owned by family. No one lives on the farm any longer, but it is still used.
Lois was a 1936 graduate of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. In the 1935 DACOTAH Yearbook, as an Education Junior, her extracurricular activities were: President, Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega; 1935 Second Semester Vice President, Nu Delta Pi; Penates; Dakota Playmakers (along with Cynthia and Theresa Thoreson, relationship unknown); 1935 President, YWCA Senior Cabinet; 1935 Mortar Board Elect. In 1934, Lois E. Thoreson was listed as a Student in Grand Forks, ND, renting at 2610 University Avenue. (Unknown Cynthia and Theresa Thoreson were living together then at 1009 Belmont Rd; Cynthia was a Clerk somewhere, and Theresa was an Assistant at the Public Library.)
In 1937, Lois met Frank F. Kowski, who had just left the National Forest Service that year to join the National Park Service. Frank spent his first summer at Thorofare Ranger Station isolated in the vast backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. They met at Lake in 1937, and they were married three years later. Lois had been a school teacher and a summer employee in Yellowstone National Park.
Lois' great-grandson was given her maiden name as a middle name: Maxwell Thoreson Seidenkranz.
She was predeceased by her husband, her parents and her brother, William J. "Bill" Thoreson in 2009.
To celebrate her life and honor her memory and that of her husband, her grandson, Tom Seidenkranz, was presented with a photo of her and NPS Director Russ Dickenson when Kowski Hall at Albright Training Center was dedicated.
Lois and Frank were collectors of Native American artifacts. They had an old Navajo rug that covered their entire floor.
Lois was raised in York, ND, in the north central part of the state. Her stories of growing up on a homestead farm in North Dakota and manning the fire towers while "the men went to war" will be missed by her grandson who has been to the farm once. Most of the property is still owned by family. No one lives on the farm any longer, but it is still used.
Lois was a 1936 graduate of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. In the 1935 DACOTAH Yearbook, as an Education Junior, her extracurricular activities were: President, Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega; 1935 Second Semester Vice President, Nu Delta Pi; Penates; Dakota Playmakers (along with Cynthia and Theresa Thoreson, relationship unknown); 1935 President, YWCA Senior Cabinet; 1935 Mortar Board Elect. In 1934, Lois E. Thoreson was listed as a Student in Grand Forks, ND, renting at 2610 University Avenue. (Unknown Cynthia and Theresa Thoreson were living together then at 1009 Belmont Rd; Cynthia was a Clerk somewhere, and Theresa was an Assistant at the Public Library.)
In 1937, Lois met Frank F. Kowski, who had just left the National Forest Service that year to join the National Park Service. Frank spent his first summer at Thorofare Ranger Station isolated in the vast backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. They met at Lake in 1937, and they were married three years later. Lois had been a school teacher and a summer employee in Yellowstone National Park.
Lois' great-grandson was given her maiden name as a middle name: Maxwell Thoreson Seidenkranz.
She was predeceased by her husband, her parents and her brother, William J. "Bill" Thoreson in 2009.
Lois Ester/Esther Thoreson Kowski, wife of the late Frank Frederick Kowski, passed away on Friday, May 31, 2013. She was 98. We had known her for almost 50 years - smart, sweet, kind and caring lady. She was buried next to Frank in the Grand Canyon NP cemetery. RIP, dear Lois.
To celebrate her life and honor her memory and that of her husband, her grandson, Tom Seidenkranz, was presented with a photo of her and NPS Director Russ Dickenson when Kowski Hall at Albright Training Center was dedicated.
Lois and Frank were collectors of Native American artifacts. They had an old Navajo rug that covered their entire floor.
Lois was raised in York, ND, in the north central part of the state. Her stories of growing up on a homestead farm in North Dakota and manning the fire towers while "the men went to war" will be missed by her grandson who has been to the farm once. Most of the property is still owned by family. No one lives on the farm any longer, but it is still used.
Lois was a 1936 graduate of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. In the 1935 DACOTAH Yearbook, as an Education Junior, her extracurricular activities were: President, Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega; 1935 Second Semester Vice President, Nu Delta Pi; Penates; Dakota Playmakers (along with Cynthia and Theresa Thoreson, relationship unknown); 1935 President, YWCA Senior Cabinet; 1935 Mortar Board Elect. In 1934, Lois E. Thoreson was listed as a Student in Grand Forks, ND, renting at 2610 University Avenue. (Unknown Cynthia and Theresa Thoreson were living together then at 1009 Belmont Rd; Cynthia was a Clerk somewhere, and Theresa was an Assistant at the Public Library.)
In 1937, Lois met Frank F. Kowski, who had just left the National Forest Service that year to join the National Park Service. Frank spent his first summer at Thorofare Ranger Station isolated in the vast backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. They met at Lake in 1937, and they were married three years later. Lois had been a school teacher and a summer employee in Yellowstone National Park.
Lois' great-grandson was given her maiden name as a middle name: Maxwell Thoreson Seidenkranz.
She was predeceased by her husband, her parents and her brother, William J. "Bill" Thoreson in 2009.
To celebrate her life and honor her memory and that of her husband, her grandson, Tom Seidenkranz, was presented with a photo of her and NPS Director Russ Dickenson when Kowski Hall at Albright Training Center was dedicated.
Lois and Frank were collectors of Native American artifacts. They had an old Navajo rug that covered their entire floor.
Lois was raised in York, ND, in the north central part of the state. Her stories of growing up on a homestead farm in North Dakota and manning the fire towers while "the men went to war" will be missed by her grandson who has been to the farm once. Most of the property is still owned by family. No one lives on the farm any longer, but it is still used.
Lois was a 1936 graduate of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. In the 1935 DACOTAH Yearbook, as an Education Junior, her extracurricular activities were: President, Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega; 1935 Second Semester Vice President, Nu Delta Pi; Penates; Dakota Playmakers (along with Cynthia and Theresa Thoreson, relationship unknown); 1935 President, YWCA Senior Cabinet; 1935 Mortar Board Elect. In 1934, Lois E. Thoreson was listed as a Student in Grand Forks, ND, renting at 2610 University Avenue. (Unknown Cynthia and Theresa Thoreson were living together then at 1009 Belmont Rd; Cynthia was a Clerk somewhere, and Theresa was an Assistant at the Public Library.)
In 1937, Lois met Frank F. Kowski, who had just left the National Forest Service that year to join the National Park Service. Frank spent his first summer at Thorofare Ranger Station isolated in the vast backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. They met at Lake in 1937, and they were married three years later. Lois had been a school teacher and a summer employee in Yellowstone National Park.
Lois' great-grandson was given her maiden name as a middle name: Maxwell Thoreson Seidenkranz.
She was predeceased by her husband, her parents and her brother, William J. "Bill" Thoreson in 2009.
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