Chuck Thornton ran G. M. Thornton and Son Ltd. printing

Charles P. “Chuck” Thornton, a long-time Leaside resident before his retirement to Muskoka, has died at age 83 at the Granite Ridge Retirement Home in Gravenhurst. Mr. Thornton was the third generation of his family to operate G.M. Thornton and Son Ltd., the Leaside printing firm. Obituary and arrangements