Silverthorn Jr., Lee Burton


Lee Burton Silverthorn, Jr.
Lee Burton Silverthorn, Jr., age 54,
of Salem, Va.,
died Saturday, January 26, 2008
at Friendship Manor Health and Rehab Center
in Roanoke, Va.,
after a courageous battle with lung cancer.
Lee is survived by his
parents, Lee B. and Mary Lou Waldinger Silverthorn;
his brother, Mark Silverthorn
and wife, Fran;
his sister, Ann Silverthorn and husband,
James DeDad;
his nieces, Krista and Kasey DeDad,
and nephew, Michael DeDad.
Lee is also survived by his
sons, Daniel Silverthorn and wife, Melinda,
of Ridge Manor, Fla.,
and James Silverthorn and wife, Dawn,
of Spring Hill, Fla.,
and two grandsons, Theodore
and Evan Silverthorn.
Close friends, Katrina Lange, Elliston, Va.,
and Martha Snyder, Vesuvius, Va.,
and many friends and associates
in Salem and Roanoke, Va.
will miss Lee.
Lee graduated from McDowell High School in 1971
and earned an Associate in Applied Science Degree
from Virginia Western Community College in 1992.
He was an electronics engineer and worked for General Electric Corporation for more than 35 years, beginning in Erie in 1972
and moving to the Roanoke plant in 1988.
He was an avid equestrian and trained
often with his horse, Flip.
He played guitar and other instruments,
and enjoyed composing and recording music
with his home computer.
He also enjoyed genealogy as a hobby,
tracing his surname, Silverthorn(e) to its beginnings in Great Britain.
Lee volunteered at and was a member of
St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church in Roanoke,
helping to maintain the church grounds for many years. Friends may call at the Dusckas-Martin Funeral Home
and Crematory, Inc. 4216 Sterrettania Rd.
on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
and are invited there on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
for a prayer service followed by
a Mass of Christian Burial
at Our Lady of Peace RC Church
at 10:00 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

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