Mabel Andrina Norby

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Mabel Andrina Norby (Thorson)

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Birthplace: Polk, Minnesota, United States
Death: March 19, 2002 (99)
Barnesville, Clay, Minnesota, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Alf Thorson and Ingrid Gudvangen
Wife of Julian Adolph Norby
Sister of Dena Katherine Thorson; Sena Marie Thorson; Alvin Thorson; Martha Otillia Thorson; Tillie Thorson and 1 other

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About Mabel Andrina Norby

Mabel A. Norby, Barnesville, Minn.

Mabel A. Norby, 99, Barnesville, died Tuesday, March 19, 2002, in Barnesville Good Samaritan Center.

Mabel Thorson was born July 29, 1902, near Eldred, Minn., where she grew up and attended school. She then attended the University of Minnesota, Crookston, and later worked for the college as a secretary. She then lived in Ada, Minn., where she worked as a bank auditor. In 1932, she moved to Fargo, where she worked for Socony Vacum. On June 7, 1936, she married Julian Norby in Moorhead. They lived in Barnesville, where they owned and operated Norby Department Store. She retired in 1969 and entered the care center in 1996.

She is survived by a daughter, Andrea (Richard) Sylvester, Barnesville; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

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Mabel Andrina Norby's Timeline

1902
July 29, 1902
Polk, Minnesota, United States
2002
March 19, 2002
Age 99
Barnesville, Clay, Minnesota, United States