Robert E. Thorn
Robert E. Thorn, age 70, Marietta, Georgia passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia.
He was born June 30, 1948 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, son of the late Delson Thorn and Jessie (Wilson) Thorn.
He was 1968 graduate of Parkersburg Senior High School serving in ROTC.
He received his Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from West Virginia University in 1972. In 2009 Bob earned his Master of Science degree in Architecture/Urban Design from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Bob worked as a Project Land Manager, Landscape Architect, Planner/Inspector and Community Development totaling 46 years.
In school he joined the Honor Society of Sigma Lambda Alpha at West Virginia University where he met his spouse in 1971.
A member of ASLA, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and serviced for CLARB, the Council of Landscape Architectural Registrations Boards.
He has many state registrations and awards.
He was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Marietta, Georgia.
Left to cherish Bob’s memory are his loving wife, Althea Bacho Thorn and three children: Dustin Thorn and wife Amy of Cincinnati, Ohio, Colleen Mathe and husband Brett of Ackworth, Georgia and Natalie Jones and husband Mike of Canton, Ohio; and five grand children.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the ANDREW D FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIES, INC., 80 Morgantown Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania where family will receive friends on Friday, July 13, 2018 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Visitors will park at the CHAPEL/MAUSOLEUM at MOUNT MACRINA CEMETERY, Uniontown on Saturday morning, July 14, 2018 from 9:00 until 10:00 a.m. followed by a Blessing Service at 10:00 a.m. concluding with the burial/interment
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Leiomyosarcoma Support and Direct Research Foundation at https://Lmsdr.org/
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