Donald Wilfred Thorpe

DONALD WILFRED THORPE J.D., of Gates Mills, husband of Susan; father of J. Morris, Rachel Thomas, John (Teresa) Heffernan, Dr. Phoebe (Steven Adams), Peter (Jackie), and Janet (Jack) Sanders; grandfather of Jack and Claire; Tyler and Grace; Emily, Eleanor, Clara and Rebecca; Oliver and Remington; and Donald; uncle and great-uncle of many. WWII U.S. Marine Corps Veteran; UCONN (SAE Fraternity) and Cleveland State Law School Graduate; executive at GE, Nela Park, for 35 years; member of EAST GATE Masonic lodge, 796, F.&A.M., Gates Mills Players, Lyndhurst VFW Post #7536.

Funeral service Sunday October 7, at 3 PM, at St. Christopher’s by-the-River, 7601 Old Mill Road, Gates Mills, OH 44040. Burial following with Military Honors at Gates Mills Cemetery (North). Family will receive friends to celebrate the life of Donald at THE DeJOHN-FLYNN-MYLOTT FUNERAL HOME OF SOUTH EUCLID, 4600 MAYFIELD RD. (just East of Green Rd.) SATURDAY 2-5 PM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Christopher’s by-the-River.