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Donald Edward Sorum, 40, New Hope, died Sunday, June 25, 2006.Mr. Sorum was born July 20, 1965, in Pelican Rapids, Minn., where he grew up and graduated high school in 1983. He attended Minnesota State University Moorhead and Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis. From 1986 to 1992, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving during Desert Storm. He was an IT specialist for Gelco Information Network, Eden Prairie, Minn. He is survived by his parents, John and Juliann Couture, Deerwood, Minn.; and two sisters, Nikki (Simon Foster) Sorum, Minneapolis, Cindy (Mike) Eldridge, Eden Prairie.
Memorial service: Friday at 1:30 in Grace Lutheran Church, Erhard, Minn.
(Larson, Pelican Rapids)



What consolation can one give a mother after the shocking loss of her second son, after the recent loss of her mother, after the tragic death of her first son, after the tragic death of her husband? Knowing this mother as I do, I regarded her as Professor of the Graduate Class of Grief. Until I spoke with her on the telephone last night. During the day an email with few words was all that I could muster. She called me. It didn't sound like her. I told her so. She she had been crying. For the past two days she has been crying. My respect for her as The Grief Professor waivered. It was restored this morning when I woke up to find my own pillow damp. Message received loud and clear. Cry is what we must. Reach out to the lonely, seek help for the depressed, condole, console and cherish life. Anything else Professor? See you Friday.