Eloise Thorson

Minnie Eloise Thorson,

87, of Battleview, ND,

passed away on Wednes-

day, July 27, 2022 at her

home with her family by

her side. Fulkerson

Stevenson Funeral Home

of Tioga, ND is assisting

the family. Condolences

may be left on our Funeral

Home website at

fulkersons.com.

Minnie’s Funeral Ser-

vice will be held on Fri-

day, August 5th, 2022 at

2:00 pm at the McGregor

Lutheran Church in

McGregor, ND. Pastor

Mike Olson will be offici-

ating. Minnie will be laid

to rest at Zion Lutheran

Cemetery in McGregor,

ND. Visitation will be

held at Fulkerson Steven-

son Funeral Home Chapel

in Tioga, ND on Thurs-

day, August 4th, 2022

from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

with a Family Service to

be held at 6:00 PM.

The Funeral Service

will be livestreamed, you

can view Minnie’s service

directly on her obituary

page on our website

fulkersons.com.

Eloise Thorson was

born April 6, 1935 to

Thorsten (Tom) and Anna

(Willand) Lysaker in

Noonan, ND. She was

raised in Noonan until the

family moved to the

Lysaker Farm West of

Wildrose, ND. Eloise gra-

duated from Wildrose

High School in 1954.

On December 18, 1954,

Eloise was united in mar-

riage to Marvin Thorson

in Wildrose. They were

married for 57 years. Mar-

vin and Eloise lived in

Tioga prior to moving to

the Thorson Family Farm

at Battleview in 1959. She

resided at the farm for 63

years prior to her passing.

Eloise was a homemaker

along with selling Stanley

Home Products and Avon.

Eloise was a member of

Zion Lutheran Church in

McGregor and involved in

Ladies Aid. She was also

involved in the Tioga

Band Boosters as Vice

President, Tops Club and

a Battleview Snow Blazers

member. Eloise enjoyed

baking buns, cookies,

especially chocolate chip

oatmeal, along with lefse

and donut making and

playing various card

games especially “Poop on

your neighbor”.

Eloise is survived by

sons, Rodney (Gisele) of

Bismarck, ND, Kevin and

Keith of Battleview, ND,

Roger (Tina) of Dickinson,

ND and Marlin (Kari) of

Minot, ND and daughter

Marlene Thorson of

Minot, ND; grandchildren,

Anna (Josh) Craig, Cassie

Rech, Kaitlyn Thorson,

and Marvin Thorson Pitsi-

ladis all of Minot, ND;

step grandchildren, Bre-

anna Loder of Dickinson,

ND, Daniel Biggs of

Minot, ND, Isaiah, Josiah,

and Micah Pitsiladis of

Powers Lake, ND; step

great-grandchild, Waverly

Loder of Dickinson, ND;

brother, John Lysaker of

Oregon; sisters-in-law,

Eileen Lysaker of Wiscon-

sin and Rosemary Thor-

son of Washington;

numerous nieces,

nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-

band, Marvin; sisters,

Myrtle Raynor, Harriet

Sundsrud, Kathy Heuer

and infant sister, Ber-

niece; and brothers, Sid-

ney, Malcolm and Allen.

Eloise was kind, com-

passionate, softspoken

and will be greatly

missed.