Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Charles Lincoln 1980 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com December 19, 2013, 12:40 pm Ionia Sentinel - 18 April 1980 Charles L. Thomas Sr., 71, 5020 Portland Road, Portland, died Wednesday in a Lansing hospital. He was born Feb. 11, 1909, the son of Wilbur Thomas and Rose Wilcox. He was retired employee of the Michigan Department of health. Survivors included his wife, Mary; five sons, Charles Thomas Jr. of Portland, Philip of Ionia, Larry of Portland, Robert of Ionia and William of Lyons; a step-son Wayne Stout Sprague of Lansing; a step-daughter, Mrs. Larry (Janet) Listerman of Ionia; a brother, George of Ionia; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence (Myra)Rudd of Saranac and Mrs. Charles (Mable )Jack of Ionia and 24 grandchildren. On November 2, 1931, he was married to Elizabeth Carbaugh, who died Aug. 12, 1974. On Nov. 15, 1978, he marred Mary Sprague who survives him. Services will be conducted Saturday at 2 pm at the Levalley Methodist Church with the Rev. Willis Braun officiating. Organist will be Mrs. Kenneth Felice. Honorary pallbearers will be Harry Boyes, Riley Sandborn, Earl Davis, Jerome Davis, Jerome Gregory, Melvin Larson and Howard Sprague. Active pallbearers will be Claud, Roger and Richard Thomas, Charles Jack, Glenn Baxter, Jr., and Lyle Denny. Burial will be in Balcom Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives at the Neller Funeral Home today from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm. Memorial contributions may be left at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/thomas23350nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb