HOME OF: Evaline Thornburg

Former Meeker resident Evaline Thornburg is this week’s “home of” honoree. Evaline celebrates her milestone 90th birthday today. Evaline was married to Vance Thornburg for 15 years. During her marriage to Vance, longtime owner of uranium mines in Utah and the Gunnison Processing Mill, Evaline was afforded the luxury of travel and fine living until they divorced in 1959. Vance and Evaline would fly from Phoenix to Meeker for the summers with their four children.…