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Submitted: 3/10/11 • Approved: 1/23/23 • Last Updated: 1/26/23 • R482855-G482854-S3
Grace
May 26, 1915 - January 6, 2007
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Grace Ellen Skirvin Thorp, 91, of Fayetteville died Jan. 6, 2007.
She was born May 26, 1915, in Kearney, Mo., to Cora Ellen Bolten Skirvin and Charles J. Skirvin.
Mrs. Thorp was educated in the public schools in Clay County, Mo., and later attended the University of Denver. She was married to Herbert David Thorp of Denver on Aug. 23, 1934. He died in August 1994.
Mrs. Thorp was a lifetime member and dedicated volunteer for the Washington County Historical Society and a member of the Shiloh Museum. She was also active in the PEO, Order of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile. While living in Denver, she was a longtime active member of the American Baptist Church. She served with the Red Cross following World War II by providing transportation for many soldiers to the Veterans Hospital in Denver.
Having traveled the U.S. extensively, the Thorps retired to Northwest Arkansas. Mrs. Thorp was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her daughter, Carolyn Thorp Nelson; her son, E. Ronald Thorp; a sister, Eleanor N. Skirvin; two brothers, A.C. Skirvin and N.L. Skirvin.
She is survived by five grandchildren, Laurie Hamilton of Omaha, Neb., Marlise Atwell of Rowlett, Texas, Kristi Tandy of Houston, Texas, David Nelson of Atlanta, Ga., Tara Kratzer of Denver; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
Interment will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville, online at www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.
Herbert
1912 - August 18, 1994
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Friday, August 19, 1994
Herbert David Thorp of Fayetteville died Thursday, Aug. 18, 1994.
He was born at Kearney, Mo., a son of James Daniel Thorp and Katy Tapp Thorp. The family moved to Denver, Colo., when he was a child, and he attended Denver public schools and the University of Wyoming. He was retired from the Gates Manufacturing Co. and the Union Pacific Railroad in Denver.
He and his wife moved to Fayetteville in 1974. He was a member of the Christian Church and attended Mount Comfort Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville.
He was the past master of the South Gate Masonic Lodge in Denver, the Fort Smith Scottish Rite, El Jebel Shrine of Denver and the Northwest Arkansas Shrine Club. He was a member of the Washington County Historical Society, the Shiloh Museum, the National Railroad Historical Society and the Gem and Mineral Club of Fayetteville.
Survivors are his wife, Grace Skirvin Thorp of the home; daughter, J. Carolyn Thorp Nelson of Richardson, Texas; a son, E. Ronald Thorp of Boulder, Colo.; a brother, Floyd M. Thorp of Katy, Texas; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Moore's Chapel with Dr. Allan J. Hunter officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to the Northwest Arkansas Shrine Club's Crippled Children's Hospital Fund, c/o Harry Kimball, 38 Bedford Lane, Bella Vista 72714; or the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 696, Fayetteville 72702.
Contributed on 3/10/11
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