Great Falls Tribune (MT), 1 Feb 1946:
Thorson Rites
Funeral services for Thomas Thorson, 89, of Belt, killed Wednesday night by a Great Northern freight train, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 in the Belt Methodist church. Burial will be in the Belt cemetery.
Thorson was born Nov. 23, 1857, in Farmington, Minn. He had lived in this area 56 years, coming here in 1889. He and his wife built the first cabin on the divide above Neihart. He first worked at the Neihart sawmill and then at the Yogo sapphire mine. In 1901 he homesteaded on Little Belt creek and in 1927 sold his farm to Hoover and Stephenson. He had since resided in Belt. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Knudson Thorson of Belt; 3 daughters, Mrs. A. L. Martin, Great Falls, and Mrs. Thomas Benoy and Mrs. George Atkinson of Belt; a son, Ben of Spokane; 3 brothers and 1 sister in the east; 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
Thorson Rites
Funeral services for Thomas Thorson, 89, of Belt, killed Wednesday night by a Great Northern freight train, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 in the Belt Methodist church. Burial will be in the Belt cemetery.
Thorson was born Nov. 23, 1857, in Farmington, Minn. He had lived in this area 56 years, coming here in 1889. He and his wife built the first cabin on the divide above Neihart. He first worked at the Neihart sawmill and then at the Yogo sapphire mine. In 1901 he homesteaded on Little Belt creek and in 1927 sold his farm to Hoover and Stephenson. He had since resided in Belt. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Knudson Thorson of Belt; 3 daughters, Mrs. A. L. Martin, Great Falls, and Mrs. Thomas Benoy and Mrs. George Atkinson of Belt; a son, Ben of Spokane; 3 brothers and 1 sister in the east; 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 1 Feb 1946:
Thorson Rites
Funeral services for Thomas Thorson, 89, of Belt, killed Wednesday night by a Great Northern freight train, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 in the Belt Methodist church. Burial will be in the Belt cemetery.
Thorson was born Nov. 23, 1857, in Farmington, Minn. He had lived in this area 56 years, coming here in 1889. He and his wife built the first cabin on the divide above Neihart. He first worked at the Neihart sawmill and then at the Yogo sapphire mine. In 1901 he homesteaded on Little Belt creek and in 1927 sold his farm to Hoover and Stephenson. He had since resided in Belt. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Knudson Thorson of Belt; 3 daughters, Mrs. A. L. Martin, Great Falls, and Mrs. Thomas Benoy and Mrs. George Atkinson of Belt; a son, Ben of Spokane; 3 brothers and 1 sister in the east; 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
Thorson Rites
Funeral services for Thomas Thorson, 89, of Belt, killed Wednesday night by a Great Northern freight train, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 in the Belt Methodist church. Burial will be in the Belt cemetery.
Thorson was born Nov. 23, 1857, in Farmington, Minn. He had lived in this area 56 years, coming here in 1889. He and his wife built the first cabin on the divide above Neihart. He first worked at the Neihart sawmill and then at the Yogo sapphire mine. In 1901 he homesteaded on Little Belt creek and in 1927 sold his farm to Hoover and Stephenson. He had since resided in Belt. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Knudson Thorson of Belt; 3 daughters, Mrs. A. L. Martin, Great Falls, and Mrs. Thomas Benoy and Mrs. George Atkinson of Belt; a son, Ben of Spokane; 3 brothers and 1 sister in the east; 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
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