LARRY RAY THORNE
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April 26, 2019
Graveside services for Larry Ray Thorne will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the Ellenwood Cemetery near Sawyer, Kansas. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Alva First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Carol Cook Moore officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.
Larry Ray Thorne, son of the late Lawrence Raymon and Helen Louise (Young) Thorne, was born July 20, 1943, in Wichita, Kansas, and passed away April 23, 2019, at Pawhuska, Oklahoma, at the age of 75 years, 9 months and 3 days.
Larry graduated from Hunter High School. He then received a bachelor's degree in library science at OCU. He moved to Alva and obtained a second bachelor's degree in history at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. While working at the college library he met Shirley Jo Rose and they were married August 14, 1967, in Alva. He lived his adult life in Alva where he farmed, ranched and was a librarian for the Alva Library.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Kiwanis, Friends of the Library, the Genealogy Club and the Monday Night Supper Club. He also was active in the Senior Citizen Center and served as president. He volunteered at the Graceful Arts for many of their activities. He loved traveling and collecting Carnival glass.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley, and his sister, Diane "Kay" Lott.
Larry is survived by his brother-in-law, Gary Lott and wife Melanie (of Alva); two nephews, Jason Lott and wife Kathy (of Sapulpa) and James Lott and wife Kimberly (of Carmen); and six great nephews, Carson, Conner and Cade Lott (all of Sapulpa), and Brady, Bentley and Gage Lott (all of Carmen); other relatives and many friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Friends of the Library, the Alva First United Methodist Church, the Alva Senior Citizen's Center, or the NWOSU Foundation.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at http://www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.
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