- Date Of Birth: February 22, 1924
- Date Of Death: February 9, 2020
- State: Colorado
Evelyn Ember Thornton, 95, passed away on February 9, 2020. She had lived in the retirement community of Heather Gardens in Aurora, CO since 1992 and in Greenwood Village, CO since 1967.
Evelyn was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on February 22, 1924 where she lived until college. During her sophomore year of college at the University of Colorado, she married her high school sweetheart, Frederick “Fred” Thornton, in June 1945. She pursued Home Economics and Art for 3 years then worked in the CU Business Office so Fred could graduate with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Business. Upon graduation, the couple lived in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Utah and Colorado over the decades and had three children: Stephen, Mary and Carol.
