Solørlag of America
  • Home
  • Membership
    • MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
    • Newsletters & Articles
  • Stevne
  • Genealogy
    • Our Lag Library
    • Research Links
    • Obituary Project
    • Solunger in The Civil War
    • Solunger in WWI
  • Who We Are
    • Contact Us
    • Our History
    • Our Board
  • Solorlag Tours
  • Finnskogen

Selmer B. Thornby  5 April 1861 to 22 November 1930

3/9/2016

1 Comment

 
​S.B. Thornby of Emmons (MN) Dies in Minneapolis.  Long Time Merchant of that Village passed away in Midway Hospital from Cancer and Pneumonia.
 
S.B. Thornby, formerly of the firm of Thornby & Olson at Emmons, died at the Midway hospital in St. Paul .
Mr. Thornby was about 70 years of age.  He had been in business in Emmons since 1888, in the general merchandise under the firm name of Thornby & Olson. He retired in 1920 from business. Cancer and pneumonia were causes of his death.
 
Mr. Thornby was a highly respected citizen of Emmons and was well known not only in that section of Minnesota but all through northern Iowa. He was confined at the hospital in St. Paul for a month or so.  He leaves no family. He was married twice, but both wives are dead.
 
The remains will be taken to Emmons. The funeral services will be conducted at the Emmons Lutheran Church by Rev. Storaasli and interment will be made in the Emmons cemetery.
1 Comment
Worth Looking At link
9/19/2023 10:05:07 pm

Great read, thanks for sharing this

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Obituaries

    An obituary extraction project is underway for past and recent members and immigrants from Solor and other areas of Hedmark.

    Categories

    All

    Archives

    March 2016
    February 2016
    September 2015

    RSS Feed

Submit

Contact Us