Background
Suddock, Frances Suter Thorson was born on October 23, 1914 in Estelline, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Anna Mary (Oakland) Suter.
Suddock, Frances Suter Thorson was born on October 23, 1914 in Estelline, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Anna Mary (Oakland) Suter.
Bachelor, Iowa State Teachers College, 1936. Postgraduate, Syracuse University, 1941. Postgraduate, University Iowa, 1946.
Master of Arts, Antioch University, San Francisco, 1981.
Teacher various high schools, Correctionville and Eagle Grove, Iowa, 1936-1938, 38-40, 41-43, 45-47. Chief clerk War Price and Rationing Board, Eagle Grove, 1943-1945. Instructor (part time) Eagle Grove Junior College, 1953-1961.
Administrator Eagle Grove Public Library., 1961-1977. Facilitator Will Schutz Associates, Muir Beach, California, 1987-1988.
Volunteer National Trainer Widowed Persons Service, 1998-2006, American Association Retired Persons, 1989-2002, retired senior volunteer program, Anchorage, 1988-2002. Board directors Anchorage Widowed Persons Service, 1992-1994. Board directors North Iowa Mental Health Center, Mason City, Iowa, 1959-1976, Eagle Grove Community Chest, 1960, Help Line, Inc., Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1976-1977.
Chairman Community Mental Health Fund, Eagle Grove, 1966-1973. Charter president Eagle Grove Concerned, Inc., 1973-1977. Active various civic organizations, 1992-2001.
Member American Association of University Women (charter president Eagle Grove branch 1973-1975), Alaska Association Gerontology (treasurer 1992-1994), Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.), Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Carl Edwin Thorson, July 6, 1941 (deceased April 1976). Children: Sarah Thorson Little, Mary Frances Thorson. Married Edwin Matthew Suddock, August 7, 1982 (deceased September 1986).