Age 81, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Saturday in the Snyder First United Methodist Church with J. Stephen Posey, pastor officiating. Mr. Thorp died Monday in Lawton. Burial will be in the Mountain Park Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. He was born March 7, 1927 in the Horse Creek Community to Ardena (Countryman) Thorp and Edgar Marion Thorp. He attended the Horse Creek School through the eighth grade, and graduated from high school in 1944 from the Indiahoma Public Schools. He married Joyce F. Stuenkel on May 18, 1947 in Vernon, TX. She died January 10, 2006. In his early years, Mr. Thorp farmed in the Muleshoe, Texas, area, and for a short time was a helicopter mechanic at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. However, Mr. Thorp spent the majority of his life as a farmer and rancher in Kiowa, Comanche, and Tillman counties where he raised wheat and cattle. He was also a cattle buyer and an owner of the Snyder Livestock Auction. Mr. Thorp was an active member of the Masonic Lodge where he earned the status of a 32nd degree Mason. Mr. Thorp was involved in or a member of numerous farm and ranch organizations. He was a member of the Oklahoma Cattleman's Association as well as the American Quarterhorse Association for many years. He was baptized November 13, 1955 at the Indiahoma Methodist Church, and he was also a member of the Snyder First United Methodist Church. Survivors include two daughters; DeDe Graham and son-in-law Ken J. Graham of Indiahoma, OK and Rebecca Thorp of Snyder. Four grandchildren; Dr. Demetra Cox and husband Dustin of Duncan, OK, Jared Cabelka and wife Bonnie of Lawton, OK, Jordan Cabelka and wife Kim of Lawton, OK and Shayla Cabelka of Enid, OK. Mr. Thorp was also the proud great-grandfather of Alexa and Cody Cabelka and Graham and Gentry Dean Cox. He was preceded in death by his parents.