Background
Lemon, Bernice Thorson was born on March 6, 1926 in Houston, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Theodore O. and Bertha Olivia (Karlsbraten) Thorson.
Lemon, Bernice Thorson was born on March 6, 1926 in Houston, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Theodore O. and Bertha Olivia (Karlsbraten) Thorson.
Registered Nurse. Head nurse operating room University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1947-1950. Nurserynurse Midway Hospital, St. Paul, 1947-1948. Office nurse Doctor Lemon, Lewisburg, West Virginia and self-employed private duty nurse, intermittently, 1959-1968.
Nurse, 1968^; nurse volunteer to World Conference at Caux, Switzerland, 1974, 80-81, 84, 86-87, 89-91. Founder, member Sing Out Roanoke Valley, 1973-1978, Gymn-Sing Roanoke Valley Inc., 1978-1981. Participant cultural exchanges, including Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Kennedy Foundation Arts Exchange to Poland, 1977, 79, to Poland, 1974, 76, American Friendship Alumni to Mainland Chinaand Romania, 1980.
Counselor Offender Aid Restoration, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia, 1979-1981. Initiated and promoted Drug Dependency Alert, RoanokeValley, 1981. Chaplain Roanoke Democratic Club, 1980-1981.
Active Bible Study Fellowship. Hostess planning committee for International Confs. on conflict resolutions, Emory University, Atlanta, 1987, Carter Presedl. Center; nurse Moral Re-Armament Movement, India, 1988.
Advisor Black Teenage for Advancement, Atlanta. Hostess Moral Re-Armament Center, Atlanta, 1987-1992. Member outreach missions North Avenue.
Head nurse operation room University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1947-1950. Nursery nurse Midway Hospital, St. Paul, 1947-1948. Office nurse Doctor Lemon, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1959-1968.
Self-employed private duty nurse intermittently, 1959-1968. Nurse, since 1968
Nurse volunteer to World Conference, Caux, Switzerland, 1974, 80-81, 84, 86-87, 89-91.
Founder, member Sing Out Roanoke Valley, 1973-1978, Gymn-Sing Roanoke Valley Inc., 1978-1981. Participant cultural exchanges, including Department of Health and Kennedy Foundation Arts Exchange to Poland, 1974, 76, 77, 79, American Friendship Alumni to Mainland China and Romania, 1980. Counselor Offender Aid Restoration, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia, 1979-1981.
Initiated and promoted Drug Dependency Alert, Roanoke Valley, 1981. Chaplain Roanoke Democratic Club, 1980-1981. Active Bible Study Fellowship.
Hostess planning committee for International Conferences on conflict resolutions, Emory University, Atlanta, 1987, Carter Presidential Center. Nurse Moral Re-Armament Movement, India, 1988. Advisor Black Teenage for Advancement, Atlanta.
Hostess Moral Re-Armament Center, Atlanta, 1987-1992. Member outreach missions North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, 1992. Spiritual advisor for black teens on missions into Switzerland, 1990, 91, 93, 94, Germany, 1993, Norway, 1994.
Chairperson Women on Maintaining Education and Nourishment, 1999. Initiator Creators of Peace Gatherings, Tennessee, Alabama, Maryland, Washington Served with United States Public Health Service, 1942-1943.
Married George Lawton Lemon, December 31, 1950. Children: Ted Charles, Bernice Krin, Susan Jo, Laura Thorson, Barbara Anne.