Born April 28, 1938 in Butler, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Charles Ernest Cawthorne and Alberta Yohe Cawthorne.

Mr. Cawthorne was a member of St. Andrew's United Presbyterian Church in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was an Automotive Technician who worked at Butler County Motors and Mikan Motors retiring in 1971. He also was a self-employed orchard farmer. Mr. Cawthorne was in the United States Air Force where his rank was Airman First Class and he served in the Continental United States and Zaragoza, Spain. He enjoyed doing antique auto repair, gardening, hunting and fishing.

Mr. Cawthorne is survived by his wife, C. Deanna Cawthorne whom he married on September 7, 1962, one daughter, Kelley and her husband Scott Shreffler of Falls Church, Virginia; two grandchildren, Micah Allen Shreffler and Catharine Rowyn Shreffler of Falls Church, Virginia; one brother, Russell Cawthorne of Butler, Pennsylvania; one sister, Joanne Fejko of Butler, Pennsylvania; nine nieces and two nephews.

Mr. Cawthorne was preceded in death by two infant sons and one daughter, Catharine Kristen Cawthorne.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Monday May 24, 2010 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Services will be held at the St. Andrews United Presbyterian Church on Tuesday May 25, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Merry H. Meloy of St. Andrews United Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in Mount Chestnut Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Jude's Children Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tennessee, 38105.

Officers and members of the American Legion Post #778 and the VFW Post #249 will conduct a graveside military service at Mt. Chestnut Cemetery.