Michael Kent Thornell, 57, Thelma Drive, Minster, died at 8:05 p.m. April 22, 2007, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. Death was due to natural causes.

He was born Jan. 14, 1950, in Springfield to Guy W. and Ruth G. Yoakum Thornell. His father survives in Minster.

Surviving is a brother, Mark, Celina.

Deceased is a sister, Jacquelyne Curl.

He retired from the Air National Guard Base, Springfield, where he was an aircraft mechanic. He was a training sergeant in the U.S. Air Force Reserves in Texas during the Vietnam Era, and was a 1968 graduate of Fort Loramie High School.

There will be no services and no calling. He will be cremated.

Gehret Funeral Home, Fort Loramie, is handling arrangements.