BEAUMONT, CA (December 18, 2009) – No public services will be held for Esther (Gilbertson) Tornell, 91, widow of Evangelical Covenant Church Pastor Lloyd Tornell. She died Thursday.
Tornell was born August 29, 1918. The couple was married in 1942.
Tornell was born August 29, 1918. The couple was married in 1942.
The couple served eight Covenant congregations: Mission Covenant Church in Big Falls, Minnesota; Mission Covenant Church in Mankato, Minnesota; Evangelical Covenant Church in Chicago Heights, Illinois; Mission Covenant Church in Excelsior, Minnesota; Mission Covenant Church in Selah, Washington; Community Covenant Church of Eagle Rock in Los Angeles, California; White Oak Evangelical Covenant Church in Northridge, California; and First Covenant Church in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
Survivors include two sons, James and John Tornell, and a daughter, Susan Watson.