Funeral service for Mary Nadine Thornton of Willow Creek, Calif., will be held at 1 p.m. today at Wallace and Carroll Funeral Home in Herrick, Ill. The Rev. David Sander will officiate, with burial in Myers Cemetery in Herrick.
Thornton, 83, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 1994, at Delmar Gardens Nursing Home in St. Louis.
She was born Sept. 8, 1911, in Herrick, daughter of Edward A. and Ida Viola Manmie McDaniel. She and Andrew Thornton were married Jan. 4, 1930.
Thornton was a member of Arcata Lutheran Church in Arcata, Calif.
Survivors include a son, Trevor Thornton of St. Louis; three daughters, Lilas Thornton of Willow Creek, Ida Hinds of St. Louis, Janice Matthews of Cape Girardeau; 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, three sisters and a brother.
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