| #1 Earlene was born August 17, 1943 in Colorado to Raymond and Pauline (Allen) Thornton.
She passed away December 15, 2025 in Omaha, Nebraska.
#2 Posted Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Earlene Frances (Reddick) Thornton
Earlene Frances (Reddick) Thornton of Blair passed away peacefully on Dec. 15, 2025. Services will be delayed until the spring of 2026.
Earlene was born in Colorado and moved to Alaska by steam ship when she was 6 years old. Earlene grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and graduated from East Anchorage High School in 1962.
She married an Air Force machinist, Bobby Thornton, from Tyler, Texas, who was stationed in Alaska as punishment after he angered an officer.
After their three children moved away, they retired to Longview, Texas, and when Bobby passed away Earlene moved to Blair to be closer to her daughter.
Earlene is survived by her children, Carol (Kevin) Frahm, Robert Thornton and James (Larissa) Thornton and their children, sister Charlene Stout, brother James Reddick and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in honor of Earlene may be made to Remnant Christian Church, 1529 Front Street, Blair, Nebraska, 68008.
Services by Campbell Aman Funeral Home, Blair, NE.
Gravesite Details
Buried in the same plot as her twin, Arlene Smith
#2 Funeral leaflet
In Loving Memory of Earlene Thornton
1944-2025
Memorial Service 10:30am Saturday, April 18, 2026 Campbell Aman Funeral Home Blair, Nebraska
Order of Service:
Welcome: Pastor David Delisle
Reading of the obituary
Prayer
Musical Selection: "Take My Hand Precious Lord"
Reading of Poem: God Hath Not Promised
Musical Selection: "In the Sweet By and By"
Open Speaking
Musical Selection: "Nearer My God to Thee"
Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 12: 1-7
Musical Selection: "How Great Thou Art"
Closing Prayer
Graveside Services: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska
Burial of Bob and Earlene Thornton
Followed by Burial of Arlene Mary Smith
~~~from obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Nebraska Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Public Library at Blair, Nebraska ~~~
FindaGrave # 299068902
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