Lorraine Genevieve Thome, 84
Published 11:21 am Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Lorraine Genevieve Thome, 84, of Adams, Minn., passed away peacefully Monday Dec. 19, at the Adams Nursing Home after a short illness.
Lorraine Thome
Lorraine was born Aug. 23, 1927, in Northwood, Iowa, to Ole and Amy (Hansen) Johnson. She was raised on a farm near Northwood until she lost her mother at the age of 13. The family then moved to a farm near Lyle where she went to live with her Aunt June to finish high school. On Sept. 26, 1944, she married Wilfred Thome in Johnsburg, Minn. The couple lived and raised their five children on a farm near Stacyville where they had an award-winning herd of registered Holsteins. In 1992, they retired and moved to Adams. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Adams, Christian Mothers and the Cedar River Country Club. She enjoyed fishing, bowling, golfing, playing all kinds of cards, dancing, gardening, lawn work, flowers, baking, embroidering, playing scrabble, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and traveling. She carried on her Norwegian heritage by making lefse, rosettes and going to lutefisk dinners.
She is survived by her five children, Judy (Jim) Dahl of Dodge Center, Minn., Dean (Elaine) Thome of Stacyville, Iowa, Jeanette Retterath of Adams, Minn., Beth Hackenmiller of Owatonna and Amy (Tom) Warrington of Whittemore, Iowa; 18 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren; brother, Charles (Pat) Johnson; two sisters-in-law, Phylis Johnson and Betty Johnson; one brother-in-law, Naven Knutson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilfred Thome; son-in-law, Tom Retterath; parents; brothers, LaVerne Johnson and Orland Johnson; and sisters, Alice Bork and Doris Knutson.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Adams with Father Thomas Loomis officiating. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Adams. Visitation will be held at the Adams Funeral Home from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Visitation will continue for one hour before the service Thursday at the church. Memorials are preferred to Sacred Heart School in Adams.