Clara Margaret Thornburgh, a long time resident of the Ranch Drive Community of Ponca City, entered the gates of Heaven on Monday, May 23, 2016. Graveside rites will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 27, at Karoma Cemetery in Goltry, Okla. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. at Community Christian Church in Ponca City with the Rev. Susan Payne officiating.
Clara, the eighth child of Avery Henry Chapman and Emma Rebecca Dunn, was born on Jan. 19, 1923, near Leedey in Roger Mills County, Okla. On April 7, 1939, she married Troy Lester Denson in Enid. During their marriage they became the parents of Robert, Melvin, Mickey and Glenda Kay Denson.
On May 10, 1947, she married Ivan Wesley Thornburgh in Enid. During the early years of their marriage they lived in Kansas and Oklahoma as he worked on many grain elevators. Later they moved to a farm near Jet, Okla. After building a new home in Enid in the middle of the 1950s, they moved to Ponca City in 1961 where they resided for the rest of their lives. She worked at home caring for their three children, Wilma, Rita and Johnny Thornburgh while Ivan worked as a carpenter.
She is survived by children, Robert Denson and his wife Paula, of Oklahoma City, Melvin Denson and his wife Anita, of Peyton, Colo., Mickey Denson, of Carlisle, Ark., Wilma Thornburgh Long and her husband Don, of Oklahoma City and Johnny Thornburgh and his wife Ann, of Tonkawa. She is also survived by grandchildren, Kelly Denson Goebel and her husband Tony, Glenda Denson Browning, Debbie Denson Tatum, Kim Denson, Melvin Denson Jr. and his wife Leah and Kenneth Denson and his wife Loraine, all of Colorado; Elizabeth Long Logan and her husband Richmond, of Oklahoma City; Brooke Long, of Keller, Texas, Tamara Thomas-Cichon, of Weeki Wachee, Fla. and Marty Thomas, of Saratoga, Wyo. She is also survived by 16 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan; two daughters Glenda Kay Denson and daughter Rita Thornburgh and grandchildren Kathryn Elaine Denson and Kent Forest Long.
Clara, the eighth child of Avery Henry Chapman and Emma Rebecca Dunn, was born on Jan. 19, 1923, near Leedey in Roger Mills County, Okla. On April 7, 1939, she married Troy Lester Denson in Enid. During their marriage they became the parents of Robert, Melvin, Mickey and Glenda Kay Denson.
On May 10, 1947, she married Ivan Wesley Thornburgh in Enid. During the early years of their marriage they lived in Kansas and Oklahoma as he worked on many grain elevators. Later they moved to a farm near Jet, Okla. After building a new home in Enid in the middle of the 1950s, they moved to Ponca City in 1961 where they resided for the rest of their lives. She worked at home caring for their three children, Wilma, Rita and Johnny Thornburgh while Ivan worked as a carpenter.
She is survived by children, Robert Denson and his wife Paula, of Oklahoma City, Melvin Denson and his wife Anita, of Peyton, Colo., Mickey Denson, of Carlisle, Ark., Wilma Thornburgh Long and her husband Don, of Oklahoma City and Johnny Thornburgh and his wife Ann, of Tonkawa. She is also survived by grandchildren, Kelly Denson Goebel and her husband Tony, Glenda Denson Browning, Debbie Denson Tatum, Kim Denson, Melvin Denson Jr. and his wife Leah and Kenneth Denson and his wife Loraine, all of Colorado; Elizabeth Long Logan and her husband Richmond, of Oklahoma City; Brooke Long, of Keller, Texas, Tamara Thomas-Cichon, of Weeki Wachee, Fla. and Marty Thomas, of Saratoga, Wyo. She is also survived by 16 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan; two daughters Glenda Kay Denson and daughter Rita Thornburgh and grandchildren Kathryn Elaine Denson and Kent Forest Long.
Clara Margaret Thornburgh, a long time resident of the Ranch Drive Community of Ponca City, entered the gates of Heaven on Monday, May 23, 2016. Graveside rites will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 27, at Karoma Cemetery in Goltry, Okla. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. at Community Christian Church in Ponca City with the Rev. Susan Payne officiating.
Clara, the eighth child of Avery Henry Chapman and Emma Rebecca Dunn, was born on Jan. 19, 1923, near Leedey in Roger Mills County, Okla. On April 7, 1939, she married Troy Lester Denson in Enid. During their marriage they became the parents of Robert, Melvin, Mickey and Glenda Kay Denson.
On May 10, 1947, she married Ivan Wesley Thornburgh in Enid. During the early years of their marriage they lived in Kansas and Oklahoma as he worked on many grain elevators. Later they moved to a farm near Jet, Okla. After building a new home in Enid in the middle of the 1950s, they moved to Ponca City in 1961 where they resided for the rest of their lives. She worked at home caring for their three children, Wilma, Rita and Johnny Thornburgh while Ivan worked as a carpenter.
She is survived by children, Robert Denson and his wife Paula, of Oklahoma City, Melvin Denson and his wife Anita, of Peyton, Colo., Mickey Denson, of Carlisle, Ark., Wilma Thornburgh Long and her husband Don, of Oklahoma City and Johnny Thornburgh and his wife Ann, of Tonkawa. She is also survived by grandchildren, Kelly Denson Goebel and her husband Tony, Glenda Denson Browning, Debbie Denson Tatum, Kim Denson, Melvin Denson Jr. and his wife Leah and Kenneth Denson and his wife Loraine, all of Colorado; Elizabeth Long Logan and her husband Richmond, of Oklahoma City; Brooke Long, of Keller, Texas, Tamara Thomas-Cichon, of Weeki Wachee, Fla. and Marty Thomas, of Saratoga, Wyo. She is also survived by 16 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan; two daughters Glenda Kay Denson and daughter Rita Thornburgh and grandchildren Kathryn Elaine Denson and Kent Forest Long.
Clara, the eighth child of Avery Henry Chapman and Emma Rebecca Dunn, was born on Jan. 19, 1923, near Leedey in Roger Mills County, Okla. On April 7, 1939, she married Troy Lester Denson in Enid. During their marriage they became the parents of Robert, Melvin, Mickey and Glenda Kay Denson.
On May 10, 1947, she married Ivan Wesley Thornburgh in Enid. During the early years of their marriage they lived in Kansas and Oklahoma as he worked on many grain elevators. Later they moved to a farm near Jet, Okla. After building a new home in Enid in the middle of the 1950s, they moved to Ponca City in 1961 where they resided for the rest of their lives. She worked at home caring for their three children, Wilma, Rita and Johnny Thornburgh while Ivan worked as a carpenter.
She is survived by children, Robert Denson and his wife Paula, of Oklahoma City, Melvin Denson and his wife Anita, of Peyton, Colo., Mickey Denson, of Carlisle, Ark., Wilma Thornburgh Long and her husband Don, of Oklahoma City and Johnny Thornburgh and his wife Ann, of Tonkawa. She is also survived by grandchildren, Kelly Denson Goebel and her husband Tony, Glenda Denson Browning, Debbie Denson Tatum, Kim Denson, Melvin Denson Jr. and his wife Leah and Kenneth Denson and his wife Loraine, all of Colorado; Elizabeth Long Logan and her husband Richmond, of Oklahoma City; Brooke Long, of Keller, Texas, Tamara Thomas-Cichon, of Weeki Wachee, Fla. and Marty Thomas, of Saratoga, Wyo. She is also survived by 16 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan; two daughters Glenda Kay Denson and daughter Rita Thornburgh and grandchildren Kathryn Elaine Denson and Kent Forest Long.
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