Edward Newton Thatcher
Edward Newton Thatcher, well-known Berkeley County
resident, died unexpectedly Friday, November 28, 1969, at 2:35 p.m. enroute to
King’s Daughters Hospital. He was stricken while at work at Potomac Farms Dairy.
A resident of Route 1, he was born at the Thatcher Homestead, west of
Martinsburg, on August 23, 1909, son of the late Harlan Cushwa and Anna Martha
Henson Thatcher.
Affiliated with the dairy industry his entire life, Mr. Thatcher was associated
with Thatcher’s Dairy for 42 yeas and with Potomac Farms the past six years.
He was an active member and former deacon of the Tuscarora Presbyterian Church.
He was also a member of the Tuscarora Ruritan Club, Adam Stephen Chapter, Sons
of the American Revolution, and a former member of the Martinsburg Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Thatcher was a devoted member of the ASPCA and served as an officer at
various times.
A graduate of the Martinsburg High School, Class of 1927, he was an outstanding
tackle on the football team for two years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dorothea Hughes Thatcher, at the home; one son,
Larry E. Thatcher, Sterling Park, Virginia; one daughter, Mrs. Nick (Rebecca)
Handakas, Route 1; eight grandchildren: Bret, Kym, Sheryl, Tonja, and Nikki
Thatcher, Marika, Gregory and Alexandra Handakas, and a number of nieces,
nephews, aunts and cousins. A brother, Harlan C. Thatcher, II, died May 10,
1965.
Services will be conducted Monday at 3:00 p.m. at the Brown Funeral Home by the
Rev. David G. Coffey, his pastor. Burial will be in the Tuscarora Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00
p.m.
The family has requested that memorial remembrances take the form of
contributions of the Tuscarora Presbyterian Church Building Fund or the Heart
Fund.