John Steinke Thorup

I knew John as a kid and was going through my mom´s things today and found a card with his Tucson address on it and decided to google him. I have fun memories talking with him about Pan Am (my mom was a flight attendant for the Company). Sad to hear he had passed.

I do and will always think of John. I am honored that he chose me as one of his friends. Thanks, Diane, for helping to keep John's memory alive.

I continually think about John. He was a true friend. I didn't see him as much as I would have liked. However, we were there for each other for whatever we needed. I miss him!

The link to the video of the service and the remembrances after the lunch is https://vimeo.com/926122951

John was always such a welcome addition to our HEAL of So. Az. meetings. What a wonderful man. Always so nice to see him & Dianne Timbers together. I wish I had gotten to know him better as I've been learning lately what an accomplished & interesting person he was.

The service at St. Philip's will be live-streamed and recorded. It can be accessed at https://vimeo.com/event/4094303. The sharing time after lunch will also be recorded and available later at the above link.

John was one-of-a-kind in the best of ways. We share a passion for adventure. He loved to offer travel advice, so I truly enjoyed a Turkish bath in Turkey, for example. John's photographic memory detailed hearty stories around the fire at the cabin in Arroyo Seco near Salinas. The Thorup families treasured his annual visits and reminders of shared times with the cousins on the river. His visits grew even sweeter when Dianne was well enough to make the journey and take walk-and-talks up to...

Sincere condolences to John's family and friends. John and I go back to 1959, at the University of Arizona, where we both were freshmen.

John Thorup, or "Uncle John" as he was known to me and my siblings, came into our lives in the early 1980´s when he needed a live-in house sitter to take care of his house and dog (big wonderful Oliver!) and run errands for him while he was off flying for Pan Am and take him to and from the airport, while we had a close walk to classes at the University. We all stayed in touch after we finished school. I was fortunate to be on Uncle John´s UA basketball game rotation for spare tickets right...