Toni G. Thorson, former judge of the Lancaster County Separate Juvenile Court in Nebraska, died May 5, 2025.  She took the bench in 1989 and retired in October 2019.

According to her obituary, “A 501c3 foundation has been created in her memory, The Toni G Sampson Foundation, to support organizations in Lincoln like HopeSpoke that were dear to Toni.” Details are found in her online obituary: Toni G. Sampson, formerly Thorson, 75, died Monday, May 5, 2025, at her home in Lincoln