This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thorpe, Thomas, Jones Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/314 Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 09/27/02 MALAD — William Thorpe, 83, of Malad, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, in the Oneida County Hospital. He was born October 18, 1918, in Malad, a son of Ephraim and Janet Thomas Thorpe. He was raised and educated in Malad, and as a young man worked with his father in the coal business as well as on the family farm. He married Reva H. Jones on November 22, 1939, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Bill served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was stationed in South Carolina. Following his military service, Bill and Reva lived a short time in Ogden, Utah, before returning to Malad. He started the Thorpe Coal Company, a business which he operated until 1983. He also drove school bus for the Oneida School District for 45 years. He was active in community affairs and had served on the Malad City Council for 12 years; member of the Malad Lions Club, the FOE and the Malad Valley Posse. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he had served in the Malad Third Ward bishopric, and in various other callings. Bill was an avid sports fan and enjoyed trap shooting, bowling, hunting and golf. He loved spending time with family, especially his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Reva, of Malad; children, William Brent (Ann) Thorpe of Orem, Utah, Sondra Sue (George) Dryer of Bountiful, Utah, Peggy (Terrill) Schwartz of Malad, Brad J. Thorpe of Malad and Brooks J. (Lou Dawn) Thorpe of St. John; 21 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Tom (Lila) Thorpe and Neil (Emma) Thorpe, both of Malad; two sisters, Lela (Ed) Doutre of Tremonton, Utah, and Donna (Marvin) Hansen of Pocatello; and a daughter-in-law, Linda Thorpe DeMasters of Emmett, Idaho. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Bart Thorpe, a great-granddaughter, Samantha Judy, brothers, Ephraim, Cenius, Loren, Clem, sisters, Mary, Ruth and Nadine. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002, at noon in the Malad LDS Sixth Ward Chapel, 200 W. 400 N. Friends may call at the Horsley Funeral Home, 132 W. 300 N., Malad, this evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Malad City Cemetery.