Theodore ""Ted Edward Thormahlen

Theodore “Ted” E. Thormahlen, 80 of Scottsbluff, died Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at Emerald Court. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel with Pastor Dale Brown officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation will be Monday, from 9 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Dugan-Kramer Chapel. Memorials may be given to Prairie Haven Hospice or Salem Congregational Church. Theodore was born August 8, 1930 in Fromberg , Montana to Edward and Nancy Ellen (Boyer) Thormahlen . He attended schools at Fromberg and Bridger Montana. He married Virginia Kramer in Lyman, Nebraska August 18, 1957. Theodore enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1953 and was honorably discharged in 1956. He then attended college in Powell, WY. Theodore started working for Sherwin Williams Paint Company in Wyoming and in 1968 he and Virginia moved to Scottsbluff, where he continued to work in the paint business until his retirement in 1993. He loved to garden and to take care of his yard and flowers. Theodore was a member of Salem Congregational Church, Elks Lodge #1367, American Legion Post #36 in Gering, he was a past state coordinator of AARP, and on the Widowed Persons Service Board. Theodore is survived by his mother-in-law Kathryn Kramer of Mitchell, NE. Preceding him in death are his parents, wife and two daughters in infancy.