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Bill Thorndike Jr. remembered as community titan, treasured friend - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News

Longtime business owner who served on countless local boards dies at 71 at family cabin on Whidbey Island in Washington; Sen. Wyden, Gov. Kotek among those offering high praise By Buffy Pollock, Rogue Valley Times Family, community members and longtime friends of Medford native Bill Thorndike Jr. were collectively at a loss for words over the weekend at the sudden loss of a man they say had a hand in nearly anything good to happen in Southern Or…