Obit of Thorne, Milton E (t650) - Cotton County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 30 Jul 2004 Return to Cotton County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cotton/cotton.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Lawton Constitution 22 April 2002 Milton E. Thorne 74 YO - 21 Apr 2002 :Pending WALTERS — Funeral for Milton E. Thorne, 74, Walters, is pending with Hart- Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters. Mr. Thorne died Sunday, April 21, 2002, in Lawton. ========= Lawton Constitution 23 April 2002 Milton E. Thorne - Marshall Co. 13 Feb 1928 - 21 Apr 2002 :Unk Cemetery WALTERS — Funeral for Milton E. Thorne, 74, Walters, will be at 2 p.m. today at Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home Chapel, Walters, with the Rev. Bob Copeland officiating. Mr. Thorne died Sunday, April 21, 2002, in Lawton. He was born Feb. 13, 1928, in Willis to Ernest and Pruda Dunn Thorne. He attended Walters Public Schools and after he graduated in 1946, he joined the Air Force, serving six years. He married Elizabeth Barbara Hibler in Erding, Germany, on Feb. 19, 1953. After the Air Force, he was employed by civil service at Sheppard Field Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas; at Fort Sill; and at Fort Rucker, Ala. He retired at Fort Knox, Ky., in 1985. He returned to Walters in 1988. Survivors include his wife, of the home; a brother: Ralph Thorne, Walters; and nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. He was preceded in death by his sister, Dorothy Milwood; and three brothers: William, Donald and Max Thorne. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Cotton County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cotton/cotton.htm