Helen A. Tharp
Helen A. Tharp of Sun City Center, Fla., and Georgetown, Maine, died at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on Friday, June 18, following a brief illness. She was a month short of 88 years old. Sue, as she preferred to be called, was predeceased by her parents, Warren and Alice Ogden, and a grandson, Samuel Tharp.
Raised in Chester, Pa., she graduated from the University of Delaware. She and her husband then lived in Darien, Conn., where they raised their four children. In 1991, following retirement, they moved to a house they had built on a property in Five Islands, Georgetown, Maine, where they had vacationed since 1968. Sue, in her teen years, had spent summers helping her cousin, Harriet Worrell, who owned and ran Rockmere Lodge.
In 1997 they became Florida snowbirds, then full time residents of Sun City Center. They still own and manage their Maine residence, now rented to vacationers as Merwick Cottage.
Sue was a member of St. Andres Presbyterian Church in Sun City Center, Fla., and Five Islands Baptist Church in Georgetown, Maine.
She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Marshall Tharp; daughters, Linda Tsao of NYC and Carol McGough of Sarasota, Fla.; sons, Edward Tharp of Woolwich, Maine; and David Tharp of Willington, Conn., and their spouses; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A private graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family. Interment will be at the Mountainside Cemetery in Georgetown, Maine.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Five Islands Baptist Church, Box 384, Georgetown, ME 04548, would be appreciated.
Raised in Chester, Pa., she graduated from the University of Delaware. She and her husband then lived in Darien, Conn., where they raised their four children. In 1991, following retirement, they moved to a house they had built on a property in Five Islands, Georgetown, Maine, where they had vacationed since 1968. Sue, in her teen years, had spent summers helping her cousin, Harriet Worrell, who owned and ran Rockmere Lodge.
In 1997 they became Florida snowbirds, then full time residents of Sun City Center. They still own and manage their Maine residence, now rented to vacationers as Merwick Cottage.
Sue was a member of St. Andres Presbyterian Church in Sun City Center, Fla., and Five Islands Baptist Church in Georgetown, Maine.
She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Marshall Tharp; daughters, Linda Tsao of NYC and Carol McGough of Sarasota, Fla.; sons, Edward Tharp of Woolwich, Maine; and David Tharp of Willington, Conn., and their spouses; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A private graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family. Interment will be at the Mountainside Cemetery in Georgetown, Maine.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Five Islands Baptist Church, Box 384, Georgetown, ME 04548, would be appreciated.