Funeral services for CSM (Ret) Leo Robert Thorne, 93, Lawton, will be 1:00 pm Monday, January 14, 2013 at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Don Barnes, Pastor, First Assembly of God, officiating. Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Leo Robert Thorne passed away at home on Saturday, January 5, 2013 with his loving wife of 62 years by his side. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Fort Sill Post Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Leo was born November 1, 1919 in Platteville, Wisconsin, to Leo Ray and Nora (Schneider) Thorne. Leo graduated from West Division High School and attended Vocational School and Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He joined the United States Army in February 1944 serving in numerous duty locations including Fort McClellan, Alabama; Monterey, California; Nagano, Japan; Poitiers, France; and culminated his 25 year military career as a Command Sergeant Major on September 1, 1968 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He married Teruko Okada on February 18, 1951, in Tokyo, Japan. After retirement from the United States Army he worked at the Fort Sill Federal Credit Union for 31 years and retired as the Collections Manager. He loved spending time with his family, enjoyed coaching his kids, tinkering in his shed, working in his yard, watching sports on television and enthusiastically following the Green Bay Packers and Oklahoma Sooners. He was an assistant scout master for Troop 105 in Lawton and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagle Scouts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Northeast Lions Club for 37 years serving as president from 1979-1980. He is survived by his wife Teruko, seven children and their spouses: Kathleen Palmerino of Waynesboro, Virginia, Colonel Leo Robert Thorne, Jr. and wife Sung of Camp Zama, Japan, Michael Thorne of Lawton, Jerry Thorne of Lawton, Barbara McLinden and husband Jim of Lawton, Diane Green and husband Kelley of Katy, TX, and Penny DeLong and husband Rodney of Lawton; 21 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Leo Ray and Nora Thorne, his brother Hubert, and his twin sisters Elona Zimmer and Leona Garlick.