Kevin Maurice (Bub) Thorpe, a mail carrier for Penn Mail for several years, died February 29. He was 38. 

Mr. Thorpe grew up in the Mantua section of West Philadelphia. He graduated from Edward W. Bok Technical High School in Philadelphia, then he earned his certified nursing assistant degree from Community College of Philadelphia. He went on to earn a degree in carpentry from Orleans Technical College. He also attended Philadelphia Culinary Arts Institute.

He began his career at the University of Pennsylvania in the Division of Business Services in Penn Transportation Services in 2008. He joined Mail Services in 2012, becoming a mail carrier in 2014. He remained in this position for the remainder of his career.

Mr. Thorpe is survived by his wife, Tiffany Shavonne Pickford; children, Khali, Talia, Kaden and Kyndric-Taylor (KT); grandmother, Evelyn; grandfather, William (Anita); mother, Sheila; father, Lewis Kenny White (Phyllis); sisters, Audra Thorpe and Kenisha Jackson; brothers, Kenneth White, Christian Jackson and Wanya White. 

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