Margaret Lee Thorpe

Mrs. Margaret Lee Thorpe Mrs. Margaret Lee Thorpe, 84, of Bartlesville, died at 4:31 P.M. on Sunday, June 15, 2014 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the Dewey United Methodist Church with Rev. Tari Carbaugh and Pastor Dale Durnell officiating. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Casket escorts will be her grandchildren Matthew Allen Foster, Michael Andrew Foster, Christopher Don Elliott and Amanda Lee Elliott. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Mrs. Thorpe was born at Bartlesville, Oklahoma on February 4, 1930 the daughter of Ivy Myrtle (Carter) and Walter Lee Gandy. She grew up and received her education in Dewey where she graduated from Dewey High School in 1947. She attended college for one year at College High in Bartlesville then attended Oklahoma A & M in Stillwater. She was a member of Delta Zeta Sorority and active in the drama department. Upon completion of her Bachelor’s Degree, she started her teaching career in Shidler, Oklahoma where she taught four years. She then taught one year at the Lakeview Country School. She taught two and a half years in Tulsa then 23 years in the Dewey School System until her retirement in 1986. She met her husband, Merle Don Thorpe, in the second grade at Lakeview Country School west of Dewey. They were married at the People’s Church in the YWCA building in Bartlesville on July 30, 1955. They lived in Tulsa for five years and moved to Bartlesville in 1960, then to Dewey in 1973. In 1984 they returned to Bartlesville to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe spent time traveling between south Texas, Bartlesville and Creede, Colorado where they had a summer home. She was a member of the Dewey United Methodist Church, Kappa Kappa Iota (a Professional Teacher’s Fraternity) and the Oklahoma Retired Teacher’s Association. She also had an avid interest in antiques. Mrs. Thorpe is survived by her husband, Merle Don Thorpe of the home, two daughters, Ivy Kim Thorpe of Tulsa, Margo Elliott and her husband Jim Elliott of Bartlesville and four grandchildren, Matthew Allen Foster, Michael Andrew Foster, Christopher Don Elliott and Amanda Lee Elliott. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Alma Ayling. Friends who wish may sign the online guest book and leave condolences at www.stumpff.org. PDF Printable Version

Margaret Lee Thorpe

February 4, 1930 - June 15, 2014