Mildred Irene Potter^[1]

1930 - 2014  (84 years)

• Name	Mildred Irene Potter  [2]
  Nickname	Millie
  Birth	23 Jan 1930	St. Louis River District, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Jun 2014	Cook County, Minnesota, USA
  Burial	Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Hovland, Minnesota, USA
  Person ID	P27	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	George D Potter,   b. 5 Oct 1885, Lion's Head, Bruce, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Jun 1952, Moose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota, USA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Lillian (Lule) Waananen,   b. 24 Oct 1906, Sparta, Chippewa, Minnesota, USA d. 7 Sep 1984, Cook County, Minnesota, USA (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edwin E Thoreson,   b. 1914   d. 2001, Minnesota, USA (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Wendy Wynnett Thoreson,   b. 18 Jul 1949   d. 2 Jan 1995 (Age 45 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2019

  
  

• Notes

  MILDRED IRENE "MILLIE" THORESON Mildred Thoreson, 84, Grand Marais, died Sunday June 29, 2014 at Cook County North Shore Hospital. She was born on Jan. 23, 1930 in St. Louis County River District to George and Lilean (Waananen) Potter. Millie grew up on the Iron Range and the North Shore of Lake Superior, attending schools in Hovland and Grand Marais. She was a self taught pianist, and enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, gardening, accordion, and violin. She also enjoyed traveling with Edwin in the United States, South America, Africa, Bermuda, and the Caribbean. Mildred was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, where she sang in the choir, played the organ, played handbells, was church historian, and took part in the quilting group. She was also a member of the American Cancer Society, the Garden Club, Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Symphonian Club, the Historical Society, and the government study, Operation Skywatch, summer of 1952. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband Edwin E. Thoreson; and a daughter, Wendy W. Yecoshenko; brother, Merle Potter; and dear friend Vic Dunder. She is survived by her daughter, Randi (Rick) Nelson; three grandsons, Jason (Lori) Yecoshenko, Peter Yecoshenko, and Esten Nelson; great-grandchildren, Fayth, Kristianna, and Brock Yecoshenko, Ashtyn and Brooklyn Nelson; sisters, Pat Holte, Marge Nelson, and Honey Eliasen; and many nieces and nephews. VISITATION: 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service on Thursday July 3, 2014 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais. Burial will be at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Hovland. In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the North Shore Health Care Foundation.

  
  

• Sources

  [1] http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/mildred-irene-millie-0. Mildred Thoreson, 84, Grand Marais, died Sunday June 29, 2014 at Cook County North Shore Hospital. She was born on Jan. 23, 1930 in St. Louis County River District to George and Lilean (Waananen) Potter. Millie grew up on the Iron Range and the North Shore of Lake Superior, attending schools in Hovland and Grand Marais. She was a self taught pianist, and enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, gardening, accordion, and violin. She also enjoyed traveling with Edwin in the United States, South America, Africa, Bermuda, and the Caribbean. Mildred was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, where she sang in the choir, played the organ, played handbells, was church historian, and took part in the quilting group. She was also a member of the American Cancer Society, the Garden Club, Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Symphonian Club, the Historical Society, and the government study, Operation Skywatch, summer of 1952. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband Edwin E. Thoreson; and a daughter, Wendy W. Yecoshenko; brother, Merle Potter; and dear friend Vic Dunder. She is survived by her daughter, Randi (Rick) Nelson; three grandsons, Jason (Lori) Yecoshenko, Peter Yecoshenko, and Esten Nelson; great-grandchildren, Fayth, Kristianna, and Brock Yecoshenko, Ashtyn and Brooklyn Nelson; sisters, Pat Holte, Marge Nelson, and Honey Eliasen; and many nieces and nephews. VISITATION: 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service on Thursday July 3, 2014 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais. Burial will be at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Hovland. In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the North Shore Health Care Foundation. [S-390942151] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Grand Marais, Cook, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1915; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 16-1.