Bradley Thorpe

January 1, 1965 — April 29, 2024

Lava Hot Springs – Bradley Grant Thorpe, 59, passed away on Monday, April 29th, 2024, at his forever home in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, after a short battle with melanoma. Brad was born on January 1st, 1965, in Brigham City, Utah, to Lonnie and ZoRae Thorpe. He grew up with his two brothers, Brian and Troy. Brad was always one to get up early with a drive to tackle the day. Brad’s strong work ethic developed further through his time working on a dairy farm in Willard during his teen years. As hard as Brad worked, he always found time to do the things he loved. One of his favorite hobbies evolved when his family moved near the golf course in Brigham City. Whether Brad loved golf because he knew how to handle a shaft or because he loved to challenge himself while enjoying the sun, his first favorite hobby was golf because this is where he met some of his best friends. Interestingly enough, while Brad was not a fan of his parent’s garden growing up, perhaps due to pulling the weeds, he blossomed into a Master Gardener. Brad took tremendous pride in his beautiful garden, where he grew abundant produce. Brad’s gardening hobby quickly expanded to the pastime of canning, storing, and sharing what he harvested with anyone who would take it. Brad’s life became fuller when he became a father to his son, Tanner. It was not too long before the hard-working, gardening golfer found the patience to make white pancakes for Tanner. Eventually, Brad became so skilled with canning in the fall from his gardening that he had more free time during the winter. To fill his free time, Brad began to explore the world of snow machining. Brad then found his new favorite hobby. Snow machining was his favorite because, through his trips to Idaho to ride, he had stumbled upon the pieces to complete what he thought was already a great life. Brad fell in love with Idaho and decided it was the place for him when he met the true love of his life, Larisa. While already a proud father to Tanner, Brad gained another son, Trevor, and two daughters, Courtney and Kaitlin, when he married Larisa. Brad wasted little time getting to work on blending his hobbies and loved ones with his dream of a forever home in Idaho. For 20 years, Brad worked with Larisa to create a beautiful life together with everything they loved. The last decade of Brad’s life was his happiest. Brad continued to enjoy golfing, gardening, and riding sleds, while he worked on his Idaho home. A member of the prestigious Lava Golf Course and true Master Gardener, Brad impacted more people positively than he likely ever realized. Once Brad completed his forever home outside of Lava, he used his time to complete projects on the property that he loved. It was through one of his new projects of woodworking, that he was able to find true fulfillment in life by showing those around him how much he cared and had truly paid attention to each one of the important people in his life. Brad’s beloved grandchildren were the special keys to complete Brad’s perfect life for which he worked so hard. The once gruff, tough, and sometimes grumpy but undoubtedly dedicated man became the most loved grumpa. Brad was able to relish in the dream he worked so diligently to build surrounded by little ones squealing with pure excitement to see their grandpa. Brad is survived by his cherished wife, Larisa, who has firewood to last her through the next decade; his four children: Tanner Thorpe of Payson, Utah, Brady Trevor Shurtleff of Soda Springs, Idaho, Courtney (Nathan) Sierra of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Kaitlin (Dustin) Holsten of Bancroft, Idaho; five adored grandchildren; Abigayle, Savannah, Michael, Matthew, and Sterling; his mother, ZoRae Thorpe, his father Lonnie Thorpe, and his brother, Troy Thorpe. Brad will be missed by his many nieces, nephews, and extended family members as well as his many friends. He is preceded in death by his brother, Brian Thorpe, and his grandson, River Holsten. There will be a private graveside burial service in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. In lieu of flowers, the family requests your support goes to further melanoma research in the memory of Bradley G. Thorpe at the Huntsman Cancer Foundation: give.huntsmancancer.org. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Horsley Funeral Home.