Lois Elizabeth Thornton, 93, beloved mother, grandmother, great mommy, aunt & friend went to be with the Lord at 4:35 PM Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at the Burnsides Community Health Center at Marshall. Lois was employed by TRW for 33 years being one of the first hired at Formalite. She retired in 1985. She was born on March 2, 1919 at Martinsville, IL, the daughter of Sherman and Ona Wolfe Davison. She was first married to Homer Knapp who preceded her in death in June of 1976. She later married Lewis Warner in 1979 who preceded her in death in April of 1982. Following the death of Lewis, she met and married Jim Thornton in 1990 and he preceded her in death in July of 2002. Surviving are her children; Kent (Shirley) Knapp of Tallahassee, FL, Sharon (Jake) Carpenter of Dennison, IL and Gerald (Joan) Knapp of Glendale Heights, IL; grandchildren, Tom Knapp, Tim (Kim) Knapp, Darrell Knapp, Tammy (Frederic) Shaw, Chad Carpenter, Sheri (Brian) Nestler and Brian Knapp; step grandchildren, LeAnn (Ben) Morgan, Christina (Dragon) Rogliacin and David (Jackie) Wyrick; 11 great grandchildren, including special great granddaughter, Kayla Elizabeth Powers; one great great granddaughter, Baileigh Powers who was the identical twin of Charleigh Powers who passed away in Sept. of 2011 and one great great grandson. In addition to being preceded in death by her parents, husbands and great great granddaughter, she was preceded in death by a sister, Beulah Doty; a brother, Leon Davison and an aunt, Elizabeth Medsker. She was a member of the Armstrong United Methodist Church, rural Marshall. She was a lifetime member of the Marshall VFW Auxiliary and she had started a Bunco Club that lasted for over 50 years. Services in honor of her life will be 10:30 AM Saturday at Pearce Funeral Home in Marshall with Rev. Krista Price officiating. Burial will be in the Marshall Cemetery. Visitation will be 2:30 to 3:30 PM Friday in the Shaw Chapel at Burnsides Community Health Center and 4:30 PM until 7:00 PM Friday at Pearce Funeral Home. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Burnsides Guild or to the Rescue Me Clifford Animal Rescue Fund.