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Submitted: 5/9/16 • Approved: 5/9/16 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R125672-G0-S3
July 31, 1939 - October 16, 2012
Funeral services for Gerald S. “Poppa” Thorn, 73, of Monroe will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, October 20, 2012 at First Baptist Church of Swartz with Rev. Jeff Smart officiating. Interment will follow at Riverview Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.
Mr. Thorn passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center. He retired from a lifelong career of industrial electrical work and was a member of First Baptist Church of Swartz.
Mr. Thorn was preceded in death by his father, Woodrow Thorn; his mother, Evelyn Hudson Thorn; and his brother Ray Dell Thorn.
Survivors include his wife of fifty years, Marilyn Sandlin Thorn of Monroe, LA; his children, Gerald Scott Thorn and wife Bonnie of Lake Charles, LA, Gregory Steven Thorn and wife Maria of Geismar, LA, Geoffrey Spencer Thorn of Ragley, LA; grandchildren, Lauren Thorn, Tristin Thorn, Spencer Thorn, Claire Hohensee, Cody Thorn, Damon Thorn, and Cameron Thorn; brother, L.B. Thorn and wife Molly of Monroe, LA, and numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons and nephews.
Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Friday, October 19, 2012 at Mulhearn Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Legacy Donor Foundation, P.O. Box 15680, New Orleans, LA 70175
Contributed on 5/9/16 by debbraszymanski
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