He was born June 4, 1896, in Allen County, the son of James and Nancy Manahan Thomas. His wife, Bertha, survives.
He was a retired Westinghouse employe and was a member of Garden City Christian Union Church. A World War I veteran, he was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1275.
Also surviving are a daughter, Marie Gladfelter of Elida; two brothers, Watkins Thomas of Lima and John Thomas of Dearborn, Mich.; two stepsons, Harold Sams of Parkersburg, W. Va., and James Wallam of Fremont; five stepdaughters, Hazel Thomas of Lima, Irene Polin of Southville, Mich., Betty Stape of Bettsville, Gail DeVanna of Continental and Janice Kay Saam of Helena; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; 21 step-grandchildren; and seven step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Chiles and Sons-Laman West Wayne Street Chapel, Rev. Leonard Spacht officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, February 28, 1977)
He was born June 4, 1896, in Allen County, the son of James and Nancy Manahan Thomas. His wife, Bertha, survives.
He was a retired Westinghouse employe and was a member of Garden City Christian Union Church. A World War I veteran, he was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1275.
Also surviving are a daughter, Marie Gladfelter of Elida; two brothers, Watkins Thomas of Lima and John Thomas of Dearborn, Mich.; two stepsons, Harold Sams of Parkersburg, W. Va., and James Wallam of Fremont; five stepdaughters, Hazel Thomas of Lima, Irene Polin of Southville, Mich., Betty Stape of Bettsville, Gail DeVanna of Continental and Janice Kay Saam of Helena; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; 21 step-grandchildren; and seven step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Chiles and Sons-Laman West Wayne Street Chapel, Rev. Leonard Spacht officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, February 28, 1977)
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