WINONA, Minn. — Mary L. (Rusert) Thorne, age 97, of Winona, who was the International Program office manager at Winona State University for 20 years, died at Lake Winona Manor. She was known for kindness to foreign sytudents upon their arrival on camous. Earlier she was a waitress at the Oaks Supper Club and a secretary with J.R. Watkins Company, Winona County Social Services, Winona National Bank, and attorney Richard Darby. She was a graduate of Holy Trinity High School in Rollingstone in 1945 and of the Winona Secretarial College in 1946.
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