Funeral Services for Kenneth LeDon Thornbrough, 77, of Mountain View were held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 21, 2017, in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel, officiated by Rev. Aaron Lawrence.
Burial followed in the Arapaho Cemetery, in Arapaho, Oklahoma, under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.
Kenneth LeDon Thornbrough was born October 2, 1939, to Zora and Lela (Goff) Thornbrough in Rhea, Oklahoma and passed away early Saturday, February 18, 2017, in the Integris Hospital in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Kenneth was raised in Rhea and Clinton and graduated from Clinton High School in 1957.
He soon enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves and was a helicopter pilot and achieved the Rank of Warrant Officer.
Kenneth married Charlene Miller on November 23, 1958, in Rhea. They have made their homes in Clinton and Mountain View.
He owned and operated a construction company, farmed, and served as a soil technician for the Soil Conservation Service, and was an Agriculture Pilot and pilot instructor. Kenneth retired in 1998, but continued to farm.
His greatest enjoyment was the time spent with his children and grandchildren.
Kenneth enjoyed working on electronic devices and is a U.S. Patent holder.
As one of his hobbies he worked on and remodeled Model T cars and enjoyed sharing them with others.
Kenneth also served on the Washita County Farm Bureau Board of Directors.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant twin sons, Mark and Marvin; two sisters, Geraldine Follis and Janie Hire; and a brother, Leaford Thornbrough.
Kenneth is survived by his wife, Charlene, of the home; three daughters, Donna Parker and Dwayne King of Dewey, Oklahoma, Denise Worley and husband, Thomas of Mountain View, Oklahoma, and Lela Susan Pirtle and husband, Randy of Copan, Oklahoma; a son, Kenneth Thornbrough, Jr. and wife, Rhonda of Yukon, Oklahoma; three sisters, Evalyene Williams of Leedey, Oklahoma, Marlene Renison and husband, Bill of Clinton, Oklahoma, and Pat Bodkin and husband, Don of Edmond, Oklahoma; a brother, Samuel Thornbrough and wife, Velda of Sayre, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren, Halee Lawrence and husband, Aaron, Erin Rainey and husband, Nathan, Aspen Pirtle and Jesse Scribner, Charles Worley, Brenna Parker, Cassie Green and husband, Cory, Corbin Thornbrough and Shelby Heise and Colin Thornbrough; two great-grandchildren, Grady Rainey and Maverick Scribner; and two foster great-grandchildren.
In Lieu of lowers, the family has requested memorial contributions be made to the Ronald McDonald House,1301 Northeast 14th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117.