Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - March 30, 1975
Rosary set for Bernadette Thomas
Rosary for Bernadette Stroup Thomas, 76, an Alaskan pioneer, will be held at 8:15 p.m. today at Bonney-Watson. Requiem Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady Chapel, St. James Cathedral. Burial will be in Oregon City, Ore. She died Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas was born in Pennyslvania and moved to Dawson at the age of 4. Her father, Thomas Stroup, was one of the original mine owners in that territory.
Mrs. Thomas spent her youth in Fairbanks and then moved to Ruby, Alaska, where her sisters, Cecilia and Margaret, were the first school teachers.
In 1918 Mrs. Thomas graduated from a Seattle business college and worked for a fisheries firm and the Athenian Bakery in the Pike Place Market. She returned to Fairbanks in 1931 with her husband, David L. Thomas, a prospector and mine owner.
The couple was known as "Shorty" "and Shorter." They both were listed in the Encyclopedia of Northwest Biographies.
Mrs. Thomas's husband died in 1942 and she returned to Seattle.
Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Alaska Yukon Pioneers and the Ladies of the Golden North.
Surviving are two sisters, Margaret Haarvei, Seattle, Cecelia Hall, Long Beach,Calif., and a brother, Thomas Stroup, Pittsburgh.
****Bernadette Stroup married David Lewis Thomas on 27 January 1931 at Portland, Oregon.****
Rosary set for Bernadette Thomas
Rosary for Bernadette Stroup Thomas, 76, an Alaskan pioneer, will be held at 8:15 p.m. today at Bonney-Watson. Requiem Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady Chapel, St. James Cathedral. Burial will be in Oregon City, Ore. She died Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas was born in Pennyslvania and moved to Dawson at the age of 4. Her father, Thomas Stroup, was one of the original mine owners in that territory.
Mrs. Thomas spent her youth in Fairbanks and then moved to Ruby, Alaska, where her sisters, Cecilia and Margaret, were the first school teachers.
In 1918 Mrs. Thomas graduated from a Seattle business college and worked for a fisheries firm and the Athenian Bakery in the Pike Place Market. She returned to Fairbanks in 1931 with her husband, David L. Thomas, a prospector and mine owner.
The couple was known as "Shorty" "and Shorter." They both were listed in the Encyclopedia of Northwest Biographies.
Mrs. Thomas's husband died in 1942 and she returned to Seattle.
Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Alaska Yukon Pioneers and the Ladies of the Golden North.
Surviving are two sisters, Margaret Haarvei, Seattle, Cecelia Hall, Long Beach,Calif., and a brother, Thomas Stroup, Pittsburgh.
****Bernadette Stroup married David Lewis Thomas on 27 January 1931 at Portland, Oregon.****
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - March 30, 1975
Rosary set for Bernadette Thomas
Rosary for Bernadette Stroup Thomas, 76, an Alaskan pioneer, will be held at 8:15 p.m. today at Bonney-Watson. Requiem Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady Chapel, St. James Cathedral. Burial will be in Oregon City, Ore. She died Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas was born in Pennyslvania and moved to Dawson at the age of 4. Her father, Thomas Stroup, was one of the original mine owners in that territory.
Mrs. Thomas spent her youth in Fairbanks and then moved to Ruby, Alaska, where her sisters, Cecilia and Margaret, were the first school teachers.
In 1918 Mrs. Thomas graduated from a Seattle business college and worked for a fisheries firm and the Athenian Bakery in the Pike Place Market. She returned to Fairbanks in 1931 with her husband, David L. Thomas, a prospector and mine owner.
The couple was known as "Shorty" "and Shorter." They both were listed in the Encyclopedia of Northwest Biographies.
Mrs. Thomas's husband died in 1942 and she returned to Seattle.
Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Alaska Yukon Pioneers and the Ladies of the Golden North.
Surviving are two sisters, Margaret Haarvei, Seattle, Cecelia Hall, Long Beach,Calif., and a brother, Thomas Stroup, Pittsburgh.
****Bernadette Stroup married David Lewis Thomas on 27 January 1931 at Portland, Oregon.****
Rosary set for Bernadette Thomas
Rosary for Bernadette Stroup Thomas, 76, an Alaskan pioneer, will be held at 8:15 p.m. today at Bonney-Watson. Requiem Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady Chapel, St. James Cathedral. Burial will be in Oregon City, Ore. She died Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas was born in Pennyslvania and moved to Dawson at the age of 4. Her father, Thomas Stroup, was one of the original mine owners in that territory.
Mrs. Thomas spent her youth in Fairbanks and then moved to Ruby, Alaska, where her sisters, Cecilia and Margaret, were the first school teachers.
In 1918 Mrs. Thomas graduated from a Seattle business college and worked for a fisheries firm and the Athenian Bakery in the Pike Place Market. She returned to Fairbanks in 1931 with her husband, David L. Thomas, a prospector and mine owner.
The couple was known as "Shorty" "and Shorter." They both were listed in the Encyclopedia of Northwest Biographies.
Mrs. Thomas's husband died in 1942 and she returned to Seattle.
Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Alaska Yukon Pioneers and the Ladies of the Golden North.
Surviving are two sisters, Margaret Haarvei, Seattle, Cecelia Hall, Long Beach,Calif., and a brother, Thomas Stroup, Pittsburgh.
****Bernadette Stroup married David Lewis Thomas on 27 January 1931 at Portland, Oregon.****
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