2009
Thelma
2007
Thelma Bighley
November 10, 2009 — July 24, 2007
Funeral services for Thelma Amanda Bighley will be held at Bonnerup Funeral Service on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 11:00 AM. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Pastor Gail Klavetter and Pastor Jeff Laeger Hagemeister will officiate. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Glenville, MN.
Thelma was born on November 10, 1909 in Morris, Illinois, to Thor and Rachel (Severson) Thorson. Her family moved to a farm south of Albert Lea when Thelma was 7 years old. Thelma married Delevan Bighley on June 10, 1931 and they farmed southeast of Glenville for many years.
Special thanks to Janelle Thorson for her faithful visits to Thelma during her three year stay at St John?s Lutheran Home. Also a thank you to all the Staff at St John?s for their loving care of Thelma and support given to the family. Special thanks to Pastor Jeff, Chaplain at St John?s, who provided comfort and Communion to Thelma and her family on her last morning with us.
Survivors include her son and daughter in law, Dr. Lyle and Sharon Bighley of Olathe, KS, Charlotte (Mahlon) Burkhard of Charles Town, West Virginia who, with her son and daughter in law Ron and Kathy Burkhard of Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, came to celebrate many birthdays with Thelma-and now come to celebrate her life; Joyce (Dennis) Lee of Albert Lea, MN, Kenneth (Janelle) Thorson of Glenville, MN, Marge (Marvin) Gilbertson of Glenville, MN, Bonnie (Jason) Cramer of Webster City, IA, Peggy Johnson of Minneapolis, MN, Bonnie Williamson of New Richmond, WI, Tom Williamson of Albert Lea, MN, and Gerald Davison of Chula Vista, CA.
Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, husband Delevan, granddaughter Beth Bighley Tillotson, sisters Anna (Arnold) Kycek, Cora (Cecil) Williamson, and Brother Oscar (Esther) Thorson.
Thelma was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Glenville for 90 years.
Thelma was a lovely lady with a great sense of humor and an ability to take life as it came and accept it graciously. She will be missed.
Thelma was born on November 10, 1909 in Morris, Illinois, to Thor and Rachel (Severson) Thorson. Her family moved to a farm south of Albert Lea when Thelma was 7 years old. Thelma married Delevan Bighley on June 10, 1931 and they farmed southeast of Glenville for many years.
Special thanks to Janelle Thorson for her faithful visits to Thelma during her three year stay at St John?s Lutheran Home. Also a thank you to all the Staff at St John?s for their loving care of Thelma and support given to the family. Special thanks to Pastor Jeff, Chaplain at St John?s, who provided comfort and Communion to Thelma and her family on her last morning with us.
Survivors include her son and daughter in law, Dr. Lyle and Sharon Bighley of Olathe, KS, Charlotte (Mahlon) Burkhard of Charles Town, West Virginia who, with her son and daughter in law Ron and Kathy Burkhard of Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, came to celebrate many birthdays with Thelma-and now come to celebrate her life; Joyce (Dennis) Lee of Albert Lea, MN, Kenneth (Janelle) Thorson of Glenville, MN, Marge (Marvin) Gilbertson of Glenville, MN, Bonnie (Jason) Cramer of Webster City, IA, Peggy Johnson of Minneapolis, MN, Bonnie Williamson of New Richmond, WI, Tom Williamson of Albert Lea, MN, and Gerald Davison of Chula Vista, CA.
Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, husband Delevan, granddaughter Beth Bighley Tillotson, sisters Anna (Arnold) Kycek, Cora (Cecil) Williamson, and Brother Oscar (Esther) Thorson.
Thelma was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Glenville for 90 years.
Thelma was a lovely lady with a great sense of humor and an ability to take life as it came and accept it graciously. She will be missed.
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