June 3, 1947- December 6, 2021
Kenneth Ward Silverthorne, 74, of Suffolk, Va., died Dec. 6, 2021.
Ken was born June 3, 1947, in Portsmouth, Va.
Ken enjoyed the outdoors and fishing.
He was a Vietnam War Veteran who served in the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions.
After his service to our country, he was an apprentice at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and went on to work for Brown and Root in South Carolina and other power plants.
Ken retired from STP nuclear plant in Texas as a superintendent welder and returned to his home state of Virginia.
He enjoyed motorcycles and being a part of the Matagorda County Calvary.
Ken was a man who loved his family and would do anything for them or others.
He was preceded in death by: his father, Hallet Ward Silverthorne; mother, Dorothy Wright; stepmother, Nellie Silverthorne; stepfather, Orbin Wright; and grandmother, Mamie Susan
Watson.
He is survived by his loving wife, Nancy Sinibaldi and special friends of Texas, Danny Clanton and Gary Peirce.
Ken also is survived by: daughter, Susan Silverthorne Junek (Joe); sisters, Sandra Kaufman (Shane), Brenda Jackson (Richard), Juanita Babbs (Perry), Karen Bailey (Tim); and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Wounded Warrior Project.
Funeral location will be Northern Suffolk Chapel.
Services are under the direction of R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 5685 Lee Farm Lane, Suffolk, Va. 23435
