RAYMOND THORPE
SOUTH AFRICA -- Raymond Eugene Thorpe, 81, went to be with His Lord on Nov. 21, 2013, from his home in South Africa.
Ray was born March 1, 1932, in Warren, to the late Theodore and Josephine Gillam Thorpe.
He was a graduate of Howland High School and Eastern Nazarene College in Wollaston, Mass., and had been an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He served pastorates in Atlasburg, Pa.; Croydon, England; Wooster; and Horizon, South Africa, as well as serving as a missionary with the Church of the Nazarene in South Africa for more than 30 years in the greater Capetown, Durban and Johannesburg areas. After his retirement from the pastorate of the Nazarene Church in Horizon, he remained in the area, serving the community by conducting funerals and performing weddings.
Ray is survived by his wife, Shirley; sons Timothy K. (Cindy) Thorpe of Wooster and Theodore G. Thorpe (Jen) of Killbuck; a daughter, Laura E. (Byron) Fruehling of Millersburg; six grandchildren, Beriton, Brighton and Lenzil Fruehling, Dominique, and Natalie and Laney Thorpe; a brother, Jim Thorpe of Warren; and a sister, Janice Russell, Warren.
A sister, Donna McVickers, preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements are being cared for in South Africa by the Thom Kight Funeral Home located in the greater Johannesburg area.
SOUTH AFRICA -- Raymond Eugene Thorpe, 81, went to be with His Lord on Nov. 21, 2013, from his home in South Africa.
Ray was born March 1, 1932, in Warren, to the late Theodore and Josephine Gillam Thorpe.
He was a graduate of Howland High School and Eastern Nazarene College in Wollaston, Mass., and had been an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He served pastorates in Atlasburg, Pa.; Croydon, England; Wooster; and Horizon, South Africa, as well as serving as a missionary with the Church of the Nazarene in South Africa for more than 30 years in the greater Capetown, Durban and Johannesburg areas. After his retirement from the pastorate of the Nazarene Church in Horizon, he remained in the area, serving the community by conducting funerals and performing weddings.
Ray is survived by his wife, Shirley; sons Timothy K. (Cindy) Thorpe of Wooster and Theodore G. Thorpe (Jen) of Killbuck; a daughter, Laura E. (Byron) Fruehling of Millersburg; six grandchildren, Beriton, Brighton and Lenzil Fruehling, Dominique, and Natalie and Laney Thorpe; a brother, Jim Thorpe of Warren; and a sister, Janice Russell, Warren.
A sister, Donna McVickers, preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements are being cared for in South Africa by the Thom Kight Funeral Home located in the greater Johannesburg area.
RAYMOND THORPE
SOUTH AFRICA -- Raymond Eugene Thorpe, 81, went to be with His Lord on Nov. 21, 2013, from his home in South Africa.
Ray was born March 1, 1932, in Warren, to the late Theodore and Josephine Gillam Thorpe.
He was a graduate of Howland High School and Eastern Nazarene College in Wollaston, Mass., and had been an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He served pastorates in Atlasburg, Pa.; Croydon, England; Wooster; and Horizon, South Africa, as well as serving as a missionary with the Church of the Nazarene in South Africa for more than 30 years in the greater Capetown, Durban and Johannesburg areas. After his retirement from the pastorate of the Nazarene Church in Horizon, he remained in the area, serving the community by conducting funerals and performing weddings.
Ray is survived by his wife, Shirley; sons Timothy K. (Cindy) Thorpe of Wooster and Theodore G. Thorpe (Jen) of Killbuck; a daughter, Laura E. (Byron) Fruehling of Millersburg; six grandchildren, Beriton, Brighton and Lenzil Fruehling, Dominique, and Natalie and Laney Thorpe; a brother, Jim Thorpe of Warren; and a sister, Janice Russell, Warren.
A sister, Donna McVickers, preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements are being cared for in South Africa by the Thom Kight Funeral Home located in the greater Johannesburg area.
SOUTH AFRICA -- Raymond Eugene Thorpe, 81, went to be with His Lord on Nov. 21, 2013, from his home in South Africa.
Ray was born March 1, 1932, in Warren, to the late Theodore and Josephine Gillam Thorpe.
He was a graduate of Howland High School and Eastern Nazarene College in Wollaston, Mass., and had been an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He served pastorates in Atlasburg, Pa.; Croydon, England; Wooster; and Horizon, South Africa, as well as serving as a missionary with the Church of the Nazarene in South Africa for more than 30 years in the greater Capetown, Durban and Johannesburg areas. After his retirement from the pastorate of the Nazarene Church in Horizon, he remained in the area, serving the community by conducting funerals and performing weddings.
Ray is survived by his wife, Shirley; sons Timothy K. (Cindy) Thorpe of Wooster and Theodore G. Thorpe (Jen) of Killbuck; a daughter, Laura E. (Byron) Fruehling of Millersburg; six grandchildren, Beriton, Brighton and Lenzil Fruehling, Dominique, and Natalie and Laney Thorpe; a brother, Jim Thorpe of Warren; and a sister, Janice Russell, Warren.
A sister, Donna McVickers, preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements are being cared for in South Africa by the Thom Kight Funeral Home located in the greater Johannesburg area.
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