Carole Phyllis Amundson

Carole Phyllis Amundson was born at Sanborn, North Dakota on May 1, 1923. Her parents were O'Dell and Eunice Amundson of that city.

Carole received her education thru High School at Sanborn, and then continued thru college work at Jamestown and Valley City.

During her schooling she became interested in various types of dancing and received instruction from some of the leading dance teachers in North Dakota. She conducted her own dance school for her classmates and others at the age of 12 and still continues in this line of work.

She conducted dancing classes in Jamestown, Valley City, and other cities of North Dakota for several years.

She married Ben L. Torguson of Dazey, North Dakota, and was with him much of the time during his service in various army camps in the United States. After the War was over, and they returned, her husband started in the Laundry business in Valley City and Carole began to establish a large scale dancing studio. She continued this work in Valley City until her husband retired from business and they sold their home in Valley City and established their residence in Fort Collins, Colorado; where Ben entered the real estate business and Carole enlarged her Dance Studio in an Academy of Arts and with an enrollment of over 400 students. and seven assistants, continues in the work she loves.

Five children were born to this marriage;

  1. Mary Beth, now married to Tom Englehart, in St. Paul, Minnesota. They have two children, Erica and John.

  2. Dain, a commercial artist, now working and living in Chicago.

  3. Deborah, who is assisting her mother in the Dance Academy in Fort Collins.

  4. Terry, a school teacher, married to Bob Williams. They have one child, Megan Heather. Her husband is also a teacher and they teach in California and spent their summers in Hawaii where Bob engages in commercial fishing.

  5. Rebecca, ,the youngest is married to Alan Terrel.  They now reside in Salem, Oregon.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 14