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Dale L. Thorp

May 9, 1920 — September 18, 2001

Silvis, Illinois Dale L. Thorp, 81, of Silvis, Illinois, died Tuesday, September 18, 2001, in Parkview Health Care Center, East Moline. Services are 3 p.m. Thursday at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline. Private burial is in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo. Visitation is one hour before the services. Memorials may be made to the family. Mr. Thorp was born May 9, 1920, in Geneseo, Illinois, the son of Roy and Minnie (Arndt) Thorp. He married Dorothea "Dottie" Young-Wade in Galesburg, Illinois. He served in the U. S. Navy during WW II as a radar technician in the North Pacific off the coast of Japan. He worked at Moline Consumers Company for 23 years, retiring in 1986. He enjoyed woodworking, raising horses, and dancing all around the Quad city area. Dale is survived by his wife, Dottie; two daughters and a son-in-law, Rita Olsen of Davenport, and Joan and Alan Randall of Holland, Michigan; Three grandchildren, Jeffrey Randall, Amy Townes, and Jason Randall; and three great-grandchildren, Timothy, Nathan, and Matthew Randall. This memorial may be viewed, and condolences sent to the family, at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com. END OF OBITUARY

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