THORNTON VIRGINIA H. THORNTON (nee Baker) age 81. Beloved wife of the late Richard. Loving mother of Deborah Fitzgerald (John), Karen Graves (Mark), Kathleen Bacha (James) and Richard Thornton, Jr. (Andrea). Cherished grandmother of Ryan and Todd Wilkins, Alanna Fitzgerald, Jennifer Graves, Kristen Ward, Kathleen and James Bacha II, Richard III and Megan Thornton and great grandmother of Patrick, Scott, Lauren, Elliott and Reed Wilkins. Dear sister of the late Evelyn O'Donnell, Donald Baker and Dolores Corrigan. Mass of Christian Burial, St. Mary Church, 250 Kraft Street, Berea, OH Monday February 20 2012 at 10:00 AM. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, family requests donations to, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38015. Friends received Sunday 1 - 6 PM at THE A.RIPEPI & SONS FUNERAL HOME, 18149 BAGLEY ROAD, MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS (West of I-71).