Harold "Red" Thorsen Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Harold “Red” Thorsen, 81, Valley City, ND, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2010 at the Sheyenne Care Center lovingly surrounded by his four daughters. Red was born June 2, 1929, in Sidney, MT. He graduated from high school in Wolf Point, MT where he lettered in basketball, football, and track. Later in life he became an official Montana referee for football and basketball. His hobbies included bowling and hunting. Red attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN for two years and then married his high school sweetheart, Chrys-Meree Lund on March 11, 1949. They lived in Missoula, MT where he worked construction. They returned to Wolf Point where he accepted a sales position with Montana Dakota Utilities Co. He left MDU for six years to work as a State Farm Insurance Agent in Glasgow, MT. In 1970, he returned to MDU as a salesman in Jamestown, ND and in 1986 they moved to Bismarck, ND where he retired from MDU in 1989. He was a member of the Traveling Salesman Club in Jamestown, since 1975, a life member of Elks, Eagles, Lions, and Optimist clubs. Red is survived by daughters, NancyAnn (Warren) Johnson, Nome, ND, Sue (Craig) Stevens, Virginia, MN, Linda (Steve) Whaley and Judi (Steve) Selinger of Chanhassen, MN; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Chrys-Meree(Lund) and his parents, Ellis and Almira Thorsen.

Harold "Red" Thorsen

June 2, 1929 - December 2, 2010