Funeral service for John Albin Levorson, age 23, of rural Northwood, Iowa, will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Lake Mills, Iowa, with the Rev. Karl Hermanson officiating, Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Mittelstadt Funeral Home in Lake Mills, and again one hour before the service at the church. Burial will be at Somber Lutheran Cemetery, rural Lake Mills.

John Albin Levorson was born on April 10, 1979, in Albert Lea to Albin and Judy (DeFor) Levorson. At the age of six, John was treated for a malignant brain tumor. He was a member of Somber Lutheran Church where he was baptized April 22, 1979, and confirmed at First Shell Rock Lutheran Church on June 18, 1995, both by Rev. Alf Merseth.

John attended Lake Mills Community School through sixth grade, and finished his schooling at Forest City Community School, graduating in 1998, where he especially enjoyed participating in Special Olympics. In August of 1998, John moved to Four Seasons Cottage at Opportunity Village in Clear Lake, Iowa, where he lived and worked until shortly before his death. John collected teddy bears, caps, and enjoyed doing abstract art.

John passed away Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa. He was 23.

He is survived by his parents, Albin (Red) and Judy Levorson of Northwood, Iowa; brothers: Matthew and Peter of Northwood; grandparents: Clifford and Josephine DeFor of Austin; uncles and aunts: LeRoy and MaryJo Levorson of New Ulm, Irwin and Wanda Levorson of Adel, Iowa, Paul and Helen Levorson of Oakfield, Wis., Ruth Levorson of Appleton, Wis., Paula and Robert Martinsen of Austin, Donald DeFor of Austin, and Clifford and Meg DeFor of Prior Lake; and many cousins.

John was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Albin and Hannah Levorson.