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DATE: SUNDAY, October 3, 1993                   TAG: 9310040211
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: E-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PEARISBURG                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT THORN, ESTELLE VIRGINIA

THORN, Estelle Virginia, 87, of Pearisburg, died Friday, October 1, 1993, in a Rich Creek nursing home. Born in Waiteville, W.Va. on May 27, 1906, she was a daughter of the late Harve and Rosa Poff Link. She was the wife of the late John Marvin ("Bus") Thorn of Princeton, W.Va. Mrs. Thorn served her community as a nurse at Princeton Memorial Hospital and later for private physicians in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was preceded in death by a brother, Elsworth ("Pugie") Link and a beloved sister, Lillian Link. She is survived by several in-laws and a host of cousins and friends who loved her. Graveside services will be conducted Sunday, October 3, 1993, at the Mt. Lebanon Church Cemetery near Pembroke with the Rev. Jesse Kearns of the First Christian Church in Pearisburg officiating. Kendall Funeral Home in Pembroke is in charge of arrangements. The Funeral Home will be open for visitation any time Sunday morning until service time. 


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