Katie E. Thorne, Ridgefield native, longtime Norwalker

Catherine “Katie” E. Thorne, a Ridgefield native, died Oct. 13 at the home of her daughter on Woodview Drive, Brookfield. She was 81 years old.
Born in Ridgefield on Nov. 27, 1918, a daughter of the late Michael and Flora E. Meade Scaglia, she was educated in Ridgefield schools and settled with her husband, the late Charles W. Thorne, in Norwalk, where she lived most of her life.
She was employed as a machine operator for Beiersdorf Manufacturing Company in Norwalk.
Mrs. Thorne attended the Grace Christian Fellowship and the First Assembly of God in Newtown and Brookfield.
Besides her daughter, Jean Carpenter and her husband, John, she is survived by her son, Charles Thorne Jr., of Pampa, Texas; grandchildren, David, Gary, John and Carol Carpenter, Alex and Wayne Kozak and Tania Thorne; a great-grandson Gary Carpenter Jr.; a brother, Michael Scaglia of Ridgefield and a sister, Lillian Stevens of Redding; and several nieces and nephews. Her daughter, Charlotte Kozak, died before her.
The Rev. Barry Fredericks of the Grace Christian Fellowship led graveside services at Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk on Tuesday.