Elizabeth Marie Thorpe

Elizabeth Marie (Betty) Thorpe died July 1. She passed peacefully in her sleep.

Betty was born Elizabeth Marie Carrick on July 6, 1925, in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Edward John Carrick and Lillian Rosemary (McCarthy) Carrick. Her father was in the U.S. Navy and stationed there at the time. She traveled a lot following her father from duty station to duty station. Mostly Norfolk, Va. And San Diego, Ca. She attended Catholic schools and was proud of her Irish heritage.

She met her future husband, Elwood Luchus Thorpe, Sr. on Pearl Harbor day 1941. She always said jokingly that two wars start...