Kim Paul Torson

Kim Paul Torson was born on Halloween 1951 to parents Dolores and Archie Torson of St. Edward, Nebraska. After graduating St. Edward Public Schools, he attended the Nebraska Vocational Technical School in Milford, Nebraska where he earned an Associate of Applied Arts Degree in Building Construction Technology. After college, Kim worked as a framing carpenter for six years before starting his own construction business known as Torson Construction Company. As retirement age approached, he changed the format of his business and changed his company’s name to Carpenters on Call and focused on smaller projects. Kim survived numerous medical issues in his life, and suffered many broken bones. Due to a medical disease he was born with, he knew at the age of 22 he would require a liver transplant at some point in his life. That came to fruition after failing health in 1997. He was fortunate enough to receive a second liver transplant ten years after the first liver started to show signs of not functioning properly. The amazing liver transplant team at Nebraska Medicine performed both surgeries, the first in 1997 and the second in 2007. Kim married Vivian Torson, his high school sweetheart, in 1972. The marriage was blessed with three wonderful children: Brooke, Nikki, and Jeff (wife Iseley) and one granddaughter, Avalyn Kim Torson. Preceding him in death include his parents, Dolores and Archie Torson, 3 brothers-in-law (Richard Carlson, Delaine Carlson, and Wade Warnke), 2 sisters-in-law (Gloria Carlson and infant baby girl Carlson), 1 niece (Ann Warnke), and 2 nephews (Darrick Carlson and Nicholas Carlson). Survivors, besides his wife and children, include his sister Connie (husband Darrell) VanMeter, his in-laws: Louise Carlson, Melvin and Sandra Carlson, Audrey Warnke, Janice & Don Metcalf, Darrell Carlson, Cindy & Victor Carlson, Joanne & Maynard Carlson, Pam & Lewis Carlson, and Jean & Eldon Carlson; 13 nephews and 18 nieces; 26 great-nephews and 25 great-nieces; and 1 great-great nephew. In Lieu of flowers, Kim’s request was that memorials be sent to Bethany Lutheran Church and/or the Transplant Department at Nebraska Medicine.

Kim Paul Torson

October 31, 1951 - October 5, 2022