Theo Thornton
TONASKET--Mrs. Roy (Theo H.) Thornton, 76, died Friday (10 Nov 1972) at her home near Tonasket following a short illness.
She was born on July 8, 1896, at Body Camp, Va. She came West with her family when she was seven years old. They settled in Wenatchee where she grew up, and was married to Roy Thornton at Monitor on Aug. 12, 1914. They moved to Tonasket in 1925 and had lived on their ranch four miles north of Tonasket for the past 47 years. On this ranch they were pioneer orchardists, developing their own orchard, building a warehouse and shipping and selling their own fruit.
Surviving are three sons, Neal of Wenatchee, Dell of Republic and Floyd of Tonasket; four daughters, Carol, Edith and Ardis of Tonasket, and Lu Weaver of Okanogan; a sister, Mrs. Preston Pyeatt of Tonasket; two brothers, Floyd Patterson, Cashmere, and Thomas Patterson, California; 13 grandchildren and four great grandsons.
Her husband and one son preceded her in death.
Barnes Funeral Service, Oroville, is in charge of arrangements.
THEO H. THORNTON--Services will be held Wednesday, November 15 at 2 p.m. from the Barnes Chapel in Oroville with Mr. Oliver Barene officiating. Interment will be in the Tonasket Cemetery. Anyone wishing to give a memorial may do so by donating to the Republic Hospital Building Fund.
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