Marlys Thorson, 94, of Lancaster, Minnesota passed away at Kittson  Memorial Healthcare Center on December 10, 2020.

She was born Marlys Melvin in Sidney, Montana on March 10, 1926 to John and Isolde (Meril) Melvin.  Marlys was a graduate of Westby High School in Westby, Montana and went on to attend teachers college in Havre, Montana.  Marlys taught country school in the Neche, North Dakota area. She married Roy Bylund and they lived in Lancaster. Together they ran a trucking company. Marlys and Roy had four children; John, Roy, Eloise and  Roxanne. Marlys went back to school at Moorhead State Teachers College and earned her elementary and special education degrees. She then took  a job in Glasgow, Montana where her brother, Mason, had previously served as sheriff. She felt at home on the barren landscape. Marlys met and married Al Thorson from Glasgow. When Al passed away Marlys's daughters convinced her to move back to Minnesota.

Marlys is survived by her daughter, Eloise Brown of Lancaster.  She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Roy and Al; infant sons, John and Roy; a daughter Roxanne Reaume who died on March 12, 2020; a son-in-law, Glenn Browne who died on July 31, 2020; a brother, Mason Melvin and a sister, Lorna Hultgren.

Private services are planned