Funeral services for Katherine Virginia Thorpe will be held on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 2:00 p.m. at the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home in Hugo, OK with Pastor Doug McClure officiating and burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, OK. Katherine passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016 in Paris, TX, at the age of 90.
Katherine Virginia Thorpe was born December 6, 1925 in Smithville, OK to Jerry Harris Samuels and Rosie Nell (Mayab) Samuels. She was the faithful wife of an ordained minister. She and Edward Thorpe married Jan. 3, 1952. She had lived in this area most of her adult life and was a member of the Heavens Harvest Church. She had worked as a Cook for the Choctaw Senior Citizens Center. She loved to go fishing, traveling to different places and especially liked to drive through the country side. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her children, Virginia “Ginger” Rose Pond and Johnny Lee Shannon; One grandchild Johnny “JJ” Shannon Jr.; siblings, Albert, Gilbert, Wesley, Jerry, Viola, Flora Lee, Artie, and Benjamin (Harris) Samuels.
Katherine is survived by her grandsons, James Pond and wife, Tracy of Broken Bow, OK and John Pond and wife LeaAnna of San Antonio, TX; granddaughters, Kimberly Pond of Idabel, OK, Denise Rangel of Idabel, OK, Chrystal Pond of Broken Bow, OK, and Wendy and Brian Turner of Paige, TX., and Special nieces, Robin Hunter, Malinda Pollard, and family; 17 great-grandchildren; and 30 great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 5:00-6:00 PM on Monday, September 26, 2016 at the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home.
Family and friends are invited to sign the guest book or send private condolences to the family at www.praterlampton.com.
