Julia Marie Thostenson was born April 28, 1889, near Hanley Falls, Minnesota in Sandnes Township, of parents Thosten Edward and Jennie (Ellingson) Thostenson. She was baptized by the Reverend Knute Thortenson and confirmed by Reverend J. O. Runsvold on May 29, 1904. She attended Wood Lake Public School, Mankota Teachers College and the University of Minnesota. She taught school for forty-one years in Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana. In 1938 she, with her parents, moved from their farm home near Wood Lake, Minnesota, to Hanley Falls where she lived until moving to Granite Falls, Minnesota in 1972. She entered the Granite Falls Manor in June 1981 and has resided there until the time of her death on May 24, 1984. She is preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Tilda, Mrs. Albert Milbradt. Julia is survived by many relatives and friends and former students. Funeral Services Saturday, May 26, 1984, 11:00 a.m. from Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota Officiating, Pastor H. Norman Schey Organist, Mrs. Colleen Hewitt Soloist, Mrs. Mavis Ellingson Casket Bearers Joe Cole, Myron Hagen Ordell Cole, Hiram Thostenson Gerald Enger, Harold Torke Final Resting Place East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery Hanley Falls, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota