This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thornock, Wilks, Peel Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1635 Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 03/07/06 BLOOMINGTON — Newell Bruce Thornock died Sunday, March 5, 2006, at the age of 86. He was born on Oct. 18, 1919, in Bloomington, Idaho, to William Ward and Grace Elenore Wilks Thornock, being the 10th of 10 sons, all of which have preceded him in death. Bruce married Florence Mary Peel in Reymerstone, England, on May 13, 1944, while serving there in World War II in the Army Air Corps. He was a bombardier navigator of a B-24, and served several missions in Germany and South Africa. Their marriage was solemnized in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple on March 18, 1966. In the 1950s he hauled milk for the Bear Lake Co-op in Paris with the help of his children. He also, with the help of his good family, was the caretaker of the Bloomington Cemetery for many years. The love of his life was that of his family and driving school bus for 26 years. He talked often of his experiences and love of the school children. He also worked for the City of Bloomington, serving as constable for a time. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was a high priest at the time of his death. Bruce is survived by his wife, Florence, of 61 years; and seven children, Marleen (Art) Polad of Herriman, Utah, Ray (Doris) Thornock of Montpelier, Phyllis (Randell) Michaelson of Inkom, Idaho, Charmaine (Frank) Lloyd of Montpelier, Arlette (Mike) Walker of Evanston, Wyo., Kelvin Thornock of American Falls, Idaho, and Ivan (Wanda) Thornock of Bloomington; 31 grandchildren and 65 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March 11 at 1 p.m. in the Paris Stake Center. Friends may visit with family on Friday evening, March 10 at Matthews Mortuary in Montpelier from 6 to 8 p.m., and on Saturday at the church from 11 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. The interment will be in the Bloomington Cemetery.