Graveside service for Troy L. Thorn, 73, Cache, will be at 2:00pm Friday in Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder, with Rev. Rodger Arter, Pastor of Byng Freewill Baptist Church, Byng, Oklahoma officiating. Mr. Thorn passed away Tuesday in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Snyder. * The family will meet at the funeral home Friday at 1:00pm to go in procession to the cemetery. * He was born June 9, 1939 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Doyle E. and Eula Mae (Brammer) Thorn. He married Sharrel Jean Anderson on August 2, 1962 at the Holy City of the Wichitas Chapel. He was a retired educator, having been principal and superintendant. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Education from Southwestern University in 1962, and his Master's from Southwestern in 1964. He worked in school districts in Cement, Moore, Lawton, Cache and Weaver, Oklahoma. He also served as principal of Treasure Lake Job Corp, was a member of the Oklahoma Teachers Association, was an honorary member of the FFA, a member of the Comanche County Cattleman's Association, a farmer and cattle rancher, and a member of the United Methodist Church. He and Sharrel had a long and wonderful life together. He is survived by his wife Sharrel Jean Thorn of the home, two children, Rick Thorn and wife Cara of Snyder, OK, Tori Thorn of Cache, OK, a brother Gerald Thorn and wife Connie of Paradise Valley, OK, sister Jaquetta Durham and husband Jim of Reston, VA, two sisters-in-law and brothers-in-laws, Sharon and Rod Raasch of Roosevelt, OK, Gladys Ann and David Drews of Snyder, OK, four grandchildren, Casey and Cody Wooley of Cache, OK and Clay and Shelby Thorn of Snyder, OK, special friends Clint and Rubena Reeves of Cache, OK, and numerous other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, mother and father-in-law, Harold Fred and Reba Anderson, and a brother-in-law, Harold Wayne Anderson. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cache Schools Education Foundation, Troy L. Thorn Memorial Fund, c/o Cache Schools, 102 E. H Avenue, Cache, OK 73527. * The family will greet friends Thursday evening at the funeral home from 6pm until 8pm *