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Robert Eugene Thoreson Jr.

Born: 12/6/1957
Died: 3/9/2020
Age: 62
Community: Lubbock, TX

Robert Eugene Thoreson, 62, passed away Monday, March 9, 2020 in Lubbock, Texas. The family will host a time of fellowship and remembrance from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, June 26, 2020 at Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Durand Chapel, 501 N. Saginaw St. Durand.

Robert Thoreson was born on December 6, 1957, to Robert and Helen Mast Thoreson in Detroit, Michigan. Robert married Debra Dull on September 4, 2013, in San Bernardino, California. Robert graduated from Bloomfield Hills High School in 1976. He then went on to college at Ferris State in Big Rapids, Michigan. After college Robert began a wonderful career with General Motors. He worked in Warren, Michigan until 1993 and then transferred to the Proving Grounds in Milford, Michigan where he retired in August of 2018 after 38.8 years of service. While on vacation in September of 2013, Robert and Debbie married. While looking for a place to retire they stumbled upon their Lubbock home which they purchased and made it home until his death.

Survivors include his wife, Debra Ann Dull; children, Robert Eugene Thoreson, III and girlfriend, Amy Farrell; Jeremy Dull and girlfriend, Kristina Tomechko; Justin Dull and wife, Danielle; Jarrod Dull and fiancée, Alicia Polivina; Keely Ann Vendig, husband, Lee D. and son, Luke; five grandchildren, Sierra and Ryder Thoreson, Finley Carpenter, Miller and Bowen Vendig; his mother, Helen Mast Thoreson; three sisters, Lynn Brown and husband, Rod; Jan Serota and husband, Kern and their children Thor and Sara; Kristin Worener and husband, Erick, and their children Fritz and Katey.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Eugene Thoreson, Sr.

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Visitation
Date:   6/26/2020
Time:   3:00 PM
Time of fellowship and remembrance 3:00 - 8:00 PM
 
Funeral Service
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