HAPPY 104th BIRTHDAY Thelma Thornton

October 13, 2013 at 4:28p.m.

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HONOREE

Residence: Shepherd of the Valley-Niles.

Date of birth: Oct. 11, 1909, in Bristolville.

FAMILY

Parents: Jay N. Munson and Grace Smith Munson.

Spouse: Ray Ellis Thornton, whom she married June 28, 1936.

Children: Nannette Tyler, Corb Thornton and Colleen Aliberti.

Grandchildren: Amy Thornton, Molly Addington and Edward and Timothy Tyler.

Great-grandchildren: Jered Tyler and Maxwell and Henry Addington.

BACKGROUND

Education: Attended a one-room school house in Bristolville and graduated from Warren G. Harding in 1928. She attended Oberlin Kindergarten Training School, where she received an associate degree.

Memberships: Cortland United Methodist Church.