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Vada
Thornton
Vada
M. Thornton, 100, of Lincoln, died at 5:45 p.m. Monday, March 13,
2000, at her home.
Funeral
services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 16, at Holy Family
Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Edward Higgins officiating.
Burial
will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Kerrigan Funeral Home,
Lincoln. The rosary will be at 4 p.m. and the wake service at 6 p.m.
Mrs.
Thornton and her husband owned and operated Thornton Appliance and
Gift Store in Lincoln for many years. She retired in 1965.
She
was born Nov. 28, 1899, in Corydon, Ind., a daughter of Henry
Lincoln and Nancy (Carroll) Hunter. She married Thomas Leo Thornton
May 5, 1920, in Elkhart. He died Nov. 24, 1959.
Surviving
are one son, Gerald Thornton of Springfield; four grandsons; and 12
great-grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by one son and 12 brothers and sisters.
She
was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln and of the former
Daughters of Isabella of her church.
Memorials
may be made to Carroll Catholic School or Holy Family Church, both
in Lincoln.
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