Thorpe, Patricia Louise (1937-2015)
THORPE, HOMME, WISE, INTVELD, BALLANTINI, VAUGHN, CORDERMAN, BECICKA, BORRON
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 8/1/2015 at 19:47:25
Patricia Louise Thorpe
November 11, 1937 - July 28, 2015Surrounded by her family, Patricia Louise Thorpe, age 77, of Sac City, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Patricia was born on November 11, 1937, in Truman, Minnesota, to Halvor and Ferne (Wise) Homme. She and her family, later, moved to Storm Lake, Iowa, where Pat graduated from high school. She, then, attended nursing school at the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux City, Iowa.
Patricia married Douglas A. Thorpe at Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake on December 7, 1958. They were blessed with three children: Lori, Gary, and Julie.
Pat worked as a nurse for many years at local hospitals in Storm Lake, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Ankeny, and Estes Park, Colorado, before settling down in Sac City in 1978 where she worked at Loring Hospital for five years. Later, she became the school nurse for the Sac County Community School District from 1983 until she retired in 1999.
A people person, Pat enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She loved the outdoors and camping. She, also, enjoyed cooking, doing crossword puzzles, playing cards, and traveling and will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved her.
Survivors include her children: Lori Intveld (Doug Painter), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Gary (Jackie) Thorpe, of Clear Lake, Iowa, and Julie Ballantini, of Sac City, Iowa; six grandchildren Brock (Megan) Intveld, Jamie Intveld, Cory and Holly Thorpe, and Matt and Amanda Vaughn; and three great-grandchildren, Braelyn and Mason Intveld and Lyla Corderman; her brother, Robert (Suzi) Homme, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; and her sister, Shirley Becicka, of Oxford, Iowa; as well as many extended family members and friends.
Pat was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Douglas Thorpe; her sister- and brother-in-law, Delphine and Darrell Borron; and her nephews, Troy and Trent Borron and Jim Becicka.
SERVICES: 4:00 p.m., Saturday, August 1, 2015
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