Karen Johannesdotter Thuen

Karen Thuen was born February 28, 1907 in Skjaak County, Norway and passed away January 22, 2006 in Seattle. Karen left Norway in 1929 to marry her childhood sweetheart, Sigurd Thuen on January 2, 1930 in Vancouver, B.C. Four months later they settled in Seattle where they enjoyed 53 years of marriage until his death in 1983.

Karen was a Life Member of the Sons of Norway and spent many active years as a member of Southwest Garden Club, St. James Lutheran Church, Senior Center of West Seattle and First Lutheran Church of West Seattle. As a member of Children's Hospital Fauntleroy, she knitted hundreds of booties for babies at the hospital.

Karen is survived by her daughter, Clara Dempsey; grandchildren Kathleen (Stephen) Itter, Robert (Teresa) and Michael and great-grandchildren Hayley and Katy Itter and Sean and Michaella Dempsey. She was preceded in death by her son-in-law Robert Dempsey, Sr.

Karen's family would like to acknowledge the excellent care provided by all the wonderful staff at Life Care Center of West Seattle.

A celebration of Karen's life will be held at First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, 4105 California Avenue SW at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 4. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Children's Hospital and Medical Center or First Lutheran Church of West Seattle. Arrangements b y Bonney-Watson Parker, Chapel, Burien, WA. http://www.westseattleherald.com/obituaries?page=55]

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Clara (Thuen) Dempsey av Seattle, Washington har meldt hennes mor døde på Lørdag, 21 Jan 2006 på alder av 98. Hun ville ha vært 99 på Februar 28.

Karen Johannesdatter Kjeken født 28 Feb 1907 på Skjåk, Norge utflyttet fra havn på Oslo, Norge på skip Stavangerfjord bundet for Canada på 1929, ankomme på Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Hun bodde og arbeidet as ein barnepike for ein Engelsk sjø Kaptein og hans familie. Hun lærd til snakker Engelsk fra fire barn og av leser tegneserie. Først banan hun se, hun koke det fordi hun tanke de ble noen snill av potet. Etter oppholde med Kaptein og hans familie for seks måneder hun reiste vest til Vancouver, Britisk Columbia hvor hun gift Sigurd Thuen og senere beveget til Seattle, Washington.

Sigurd Thuen < Kristine Syversdatter Tuva < Syver Rasmussen Nerjordet Thuen & Rønnaug Kristensdatter Tuva

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Syver Rasmussen Nerjordet Thuen og Rønnaug Kristensdatter Tuva familie:

Anne Syversdatter Tuva [1872-1874] Anne Syversdatter Tuva [1875-1960] Rasmus Syverssen Tuva [1878-1950 Kristine Syversdatter Tuva [1880-1929] Torine (Thorine) Syversdatter Thuen [1884-1940] Hans Syverssen Thuen [1887-1964] Laura Syversdatter Tuva [1890-1961] Ragna Syversdatter Tuva [1893-1978]

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Clara (Thuen) Dempsey of Seattle, Washington has reported her mother past away on Saturday, 21 Jan 2006 at the age of 98. She would have been 99 on February 28.

Karen Johannesdatter Kjeken born 28 Feb 1907 in Skjåk, Norway emmigrated from the port at Oslo, Norway on the ship Stavangerfjord bound for Canada in 1929, arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She lived and worked as a nanny for an English sea Captain and his family. She learned to speak English from the four children and by reading the comics. The first bananas she saw, she boiled it because she thought they were some kind of potato. After staying with the Captain and his family for six months she traveled west to Vancouver, British Columbia where she married Sigurd Thuen and later moved to Seattle, Washington.

Sigurd Thuen < Kristine Syversdatter Tuva < Syver Rasmussen Nerjordet Thuen & Rønnaug Kristensdatter Tuva

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