William Thorne
June 5, 1940 ~ June 20, 2014
William F. “Bob” Thorne, age 74 of Volga, WV, died on Friday June 20, 2014 at Davis Medical Center in Elkins, WV. He was born June 5, 1940 in Barbour County, a son of the late Walter L. and Lucille Evix Thorne. He was united in marriage December 5, 1982 to Shirley L. McDaniel Thorne who survives. In addition to his wife he is survived by:
One step-daughter: Victoria L. Rehe and husband Michael of Boyce, VA
Four grandchildren: John Michael Rehe, Kelsie L. Rehe, Jordan N. Rehe, and Christian Rehe all
of Boyce, VA.
Four sisters: Rose Foster and husband Charles of Buckhannon
Shirley Shreves and husband Arvel of Parma, OH
Helen Joan Starcher of Astabula, OH
Carolyn Sue Karicoff of Buckhannon.
Mr. Thorne was preceded in death by one sister: Imogene Huffman and two brothers: Ronald L. Thorne and James L. Thorne.
Mr. Thorne served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict.
Mr. Thorne was a retired well tender with Eastern Energy.
He was protestant by faith.
There will be no funeral home visitation. A graveside service is scheduled for 12 noon, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the WV National Cemetery at Pruntytown, with full military rites being accorded. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Davis Medical Center, Cancer Foundation, Elkins, WV.
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Shirley,
Sorry to hear about the death of your husband. You have my sympathy.
Shirley, Tommy and I r so very sorry for the loss of Bob, he was one good man, and a good cousin, he will b greatly missed I know, especially for u, but Shirley God will b with u and help u get thru this time of sorrow.Shirley, Tommy was in ICU at the VA for 2 weeks, he had pneumonia really bad, then he got a infection in his bowels, they did not know if he was even going to live, he can not b around people, like a crowd until they get his blood built back up, he took 2 units of blood, but with that leukemia, he has nothing to fight off anything, but he said to tell u he was sorry, and he would b praying for u, we pray God will bring u thru this, it will b rough for u in the days and months ahead, so u take care, call us sometime, Tommy would love to hear from u, we love u.
Love Tommy & Brenda Evix
Prayers and thinking of you all at this time.
Shirley,
I'm sending my love and big ole hug! May God comfort you and give you strength. You are in my prayers. I will see you soon.
Shirley Lee , Rose, Shirley Joan, And Sue , I was so shocked to hear about Bob , I had no idea you both had been so sick, I was just up there for 3 days over Mem.day weekend running around to get to all the family's grave sites, ALWAYS in such a rush. I drove by your home in Volga and saw Bob at the end of the house working in a flower bed and blowed the horn and waved but I'm sure he didn't know who it was, had I known you all had been soooo sick I would have stopped and talked a while , WHY are we always in such a rush ? I though the WORLD of you ALL , my prayers are with you all , give me a call sometime @ 910-805-0631 , LOVE YOU ALL !!! Curt
I still miss you poppy