Grace and Henry Aker moved to Canton, SD where they were to reside for the next 45 years on their wedding day Oct. 12, 1916. The wedding ceremony was in the home of the bride's parents, Knute and Emma Thoreson, near Soldier, Iowa where Knute had homesteaded in the year 1868. Ida Grace, the youngest of 11 children, was born in their farm home on July 17, 1893. Grace and Henry met as students at Augustana College which was then located in Canton, SD. They graduated in 1911. Grace from the Normal School Course and Henry from the Academic Course. Grace returned to Monona County, Iowa where she taught in a country school for three years. Grace Aker was very active in community affairs. For about 25 years she served as the Canton Lutheran Church organist and was frequently of assistance as a pianist for church and community events. She was Lincoln County Music Director for several years when Jeanette Strand was the County Superintendent of Schools. She also directed the Ladies Chorus of the Lutheran Church for many years. Much of her life was devoted to the field of music and she was a piano instructor for also 50 years. Grace and Henry's daughter Eloise was born in 1920 in the home at 208 E. 2nd St. where they lived for over 40 years.
Grace and Henry Aker moved to Canton, SD where they were to reside for the next 45 years on their wedding day Oct. 12, 1916. The wedding ceremony was in the home of the bride's parents, Knute and Emma Thoreson, near Soldier, Iowa where Knute had homesteaded in the year 1868. Ida Grace, the youngest of 11 children, was born in their farm home on July 17, 1893. Grace and Henry met as students at Augustana College which was then located in Canton, SD. They graduated in 1911. Grace from the Normal School Course and Henry from the Academic Course. Grace returned to Monona County, Iowa where she taught in a country school for three years. Grace Aker was very active in community affairs. For about 25 years she served as the Canton Lutheran Church organist and was frequently of assistance as a pianist for church and community events. She was Lincoln County Music Director for several years when Jeanette Strand was the County Superintendent of Schools. She also directed the Ladies Chorus of the Lutheran Church for many years. Much of her life was devoted to the field of music and she was a piano instructor for also 50 years. Grace and Henry's daughter Eloise was born in 1920 in the home at 208 E. 2nd St. where they lived for over 40 years.
Family Members
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Theodore Samuel Thoreson
1869–1944
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Adolph Conrad Thoreson
1871–1873
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Adolph Conrad Thoreson
1871–1873
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Clara Alida Thoreson
1873–1895
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Ida Josephine Thoreson
1875–1878
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Bertha Rosella Thoreson Blanchard
1877–1952
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Adolph Cornelius Thoreson
1879–1953
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Oscar Edward Thoreson
1881–1881
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John Walter Thoreson
1882–1940
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Ella Louise Thoreson Ballantyne
1885–1917
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Nellie Josephine Thoreson Olson
1887–1949
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