Christopherson, Thelma Linnea of Brooklyn Center, MN, age 95, passed away peacefully on Wednesday February 25th, 2015 at her daughter's home in Phoenix, AZ. She was born August 28, 1919 in Taylors Falls, MN to Lars and Eva Dahlquist. On September 11, 1937, she married James Robert Walsh and together they had 5 sons & 2 daughters. After James' untimely death, Thelma married her childhood friend, Corvell LaForest Christopherson. Thelma worked 25 years for St. Marys Hospital as the night switchboard operator. She loved to fish, camp, read, work crossword puzzles, and tend her flower gardens. She had a sweet disposition, a compassionate heart, and a strong faith. She will be dearly missed by family and friends. Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, 4 brothers, 2 sisters, husbands James & Corvell, and daughter-in-law, Jill Walsh. She is survived by her sons, James (Carol), John, Leslie (Janice), Charles (Jeanne), Robert (Kim) and daughters Susan Edgell (Robert) & Linda Hruska (Scott), brother Harold Dahlquist, 16 grandchildren, and many great & great-great grandchildren, nephews & nieces. Memorial services in Taylors Falls and internment at Kahbakong Cemetery
Christopherson, Thelma Linnea of Brooklyn Center, MN, age 95, passed away peacefully on Wednesday February 25th, 2015 at her daughter's home in Phoenix, AZ. She was born August 28, 1919 in Taylors Falls, MN to Lars and Eva Dahlquist. On September 11, 1937, she married James Robert Walsh and together they had 5 sons & 2 daughters. After James' untimely death, Thelma married her childhood friend, Corvell LaForest Christopherson. Thelma worked 25 years for St. Marys Hospital as the night switchboard operator. She loved to fish, camp, read, work crossword puzzles, and tend her flower gardens. She had a sweet disposition, a compassionate heart, and a strong faith. She will be dearly missed by family and friends. Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, 4 brothers, 2 sisters, husbands James & Corvell, and daughter-in-law, Jill Walsh. She is survived by her sons, James (Carol), John, Leslie (Janice), Charles (Jeanne), Robert (Kim) and daughters Susan Edgell (Robert) & Linda Hruska (Scott), brother Harold Dahlquist, 16 grandchildren, and many great & great-great grandchildren, nephews & nieces. Memorial services in Taylors Falls and internment at Kahbakong Cemetery
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