Helen Tharp

Helen A. Tharp of Sun City Center, FL and Georgetown, ME 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. Sue was raised in Chester, PA and graduated from the University of Delaware. She and her husband then lived in Darien CT where they raised their four children. Following retirement, in 1991 they moved to a house they had built on a property in Five Islands, Georgetown, ME 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 which is now rented to vacationers as Merwick Cottage. Sue was a member of St. Andres Presbyterian Church in Sun City Center, FL and Five Islands Baptist Church in Georgetown, ME. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Marshall Tharp, daughters: Linda Tsao of NYC, Carol McGough of Sarasota, FL, sons: Edward Tharp of Woolwich, ME and David Tharp of Willington, CT, 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, ME. In lieu of flowers, donations to Five Islands Baptist Church, Box 384, Georgetown, ME 04548 would be appreciated.