Nicole Thorson

Nicole Nikki Thorson, 38, Wing, died March 11, 2015, from injuries she sustained in a car accident near her home. A gathering will be held Monday, March 16, 2015, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Eastgate Funeral Service in Bismarck. A prayer service will begin at 7:00 p.m. immediately following the gathering. Her funeral will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wing, ND, on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at 1:00 p.m, with Rev. Trish DeBoer officiaitng. She will rest at Union Cemetery. Nicole Michelle Thorson was born to Jerry and Dawn Thorson on August 19, 1976, in Bismarck, ND. Nikki was raised on the Thorson Farm and attended the Wing Public School. She was very competitive in basketball, which she loved and was in jazz band and choir. Nikki graduated from Wing in 1995. Nikki moved to Bismarck, ND, after high school where she attended Bismarck State College, studying Criminal Law. She was employed by Bismarck-Mandan Security at the Bismarck Municipal Airport as a security officer where she was known and recognized by many travelers as they passed through the gates. In 2000, Nikki Married Josh McCommon. She and Josh resided in Hazen, ND from 1999-2001. Though the marriage ended, she received a blessing in her son, Cole. Nikki returned to Bismarck in 2001 where she met and married Mike Biberdorf. She and Mike lived in Bismarck until 2005, when she returned to the farm to help her father with farming and ranching. Although Nikki and Mike divorced in 2009, she was blessed with her son Jarod and again, with son Shane. Recently, Nikki returned to work for Bismarck-Mandan Security in their Armored Car Division in 2010, where she was known by many of her customers as being dependable, honest, and exact. She enjoyed knowing the people on her routes and her coworkers. Nikki enjoyed working on her several four wheel drives, shooting and being outdoors. She was an incredible artist in crochet and knitting. Nikki is survived by her sons, Cole, 14, Jarod, 12, and Shane, 10, Wing; her parents, Jerry and Dawn Thorson, Wing; her sister and brother-in-law, Jennifer and Richard Nitschke, Jamestown, nieces Alex, Chicago and Bekka, Jamestown; brother and sister-in-law, David and Lauren Thorson, niece Ella and nephews Jack and Liam, Phoenix, AZ; her grandmother, Irene Thorson, Bismarck. She is also survived by aunts and uncles in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Washington, and many cousins. She was preceded in death by her Grandfather Theodore Ted Thorson and her grandparents, Glenn and Grace Carrington.

Nicole Thorson

August 19, 1976 - March 11, 2015