Seong Hwa Ceremony for Tor-Ing Dahl Johansen - Oslo, Norway

O pain relief was given. 1949 in Trondheim. He joined our ur beloved, long time member, church in 1973 while working as a Tor-Inge Dahl Johansen, 68 On the 31st March, he was moved home to be together with his family. In customs officer. His job was connected years old, passed away on the to the Royal Ministry of Finance, and 4th April with his wife the following days there was little communication, only a tear or a smile. he later rose to become Head of IT and Roswitha by his side. Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Early in the morning on the 4th April After discovering a tumor in his leg last he took his last breath surrounded by Finance. summer, Tor-Inge was diagnosed with his children, grandchildren and his wife Tor-Inge had the right qualities to skin cancer. Despite the use of new Roswitha. succeed in his career. He was treatments, the cancer spread rapidly to responsible, thorough, dutiful, his whole body and his energy His Seong Hwa Ceremony took place on the 12th April in Auli Church not far reflective and loyal, in addition to his gradually faded. professional skills. from his home. The Church was full of By the end of March, he contracted a family, colleagues, friends and With such qualities, he was given many lung infection and was moved to a members. responsibilities within our movement, hospital. There the doctors soon such as business, administration of our decided that they had nothing more to

properties and the auditing of our children and at the present time they father. Without Tor-Inge’s persevering accounts. He was a resourceful board have 7 grandchildren. loyalty it would not have happened. member due to his reflected and The media many times showed a In his new life after retiring from his constructive comments and positive interest in Tor-Inge and his job, he had plans for the future. suggestions, which he could present family. On several occasions, there Together with his wife they had done with integrity. were good articles in newspapers and IRFF work for many, many years. Now He always lived a «normal» life by magazines, portraying the couple in a they wanted to move on, to support a attending his job at the Ministry of positive light. school project in Guatemala. He even Finance, while helping the movement His loyalty can best be illustrated started to learn Spanish. He looked in his free time. In a humorous through his relationship with his forward. comment, he once said «he was our spiritual father, who after some years in Those who had the opportunity to know leader’s alibi that we were «normal» the church left our movement. Tor-Inge, found a good man with a people». However, Tor-Inge kept in contact with warm heart, a faithful spirit and a clear He was matched in London in 1978 and him for 25 years. He called regularly, mind. And not to forget good humor blessed in New York in 1982. Tor-Inge they met and gradually the hope and and a very winning smile. and his wife were later blessed with 7 inspiration came back to his spiritual He was a good representative for EVERYTHING he represented.