McKean County PA Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Lewis R. March 9, 1948
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  McKean County Democrat, March 11, 1948
  Lewis R. Thomas, 89, Resident Here For 68 Years, Dies
  
  Served as Keating Twp. Road Supervisor For Many Years
  
  Lewis R. Thomas, 89, died at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning, March 9, at Fairview 
  hospital, Degolia, where he had been a patient for nine days. Prior to this he 
  had been ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. M. Anderson, where he had 
  made his home for many years.
     He was born in Alba, Tioga County, Penna., June 30, 1858, the son of 
  Lorenzo and Harriett McIntosh Thomas, but had lived in Smethport and vicinity 
  for the past 68 years. In 1884 he married Minerva Ostrander Knapp, who died 
  March 24, 1932.
     Mr. Thomas served as supervisor of the Keating Township Road District for 
  many years.
     He is survived by five daughters and two sons as follows: Mrs. Lewis 
  Reisinger, Erie; Mrs. E. E. Hopper, Atascadero, Calif.; Mrs. A. M. Anderson, 
  Mrs. Olive Schreiber, Smethport; Mrs. Vera Hauber, Erie; Roy O. Thomas and 
  Clair Thomas, both of Smethport. Also surviving are 24 grandchildren and 27 
  great-grandchildren. Three sons predeceased Mr. Thomas, they were: Homer 
  Thomas, who died in 1942, Almond Thomas, who died in 1945, and Freddie Thomas 
  who died in infancy.
     The body was brought to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anderson, and 
  funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon at St. Luke’s 
  Episcopal Church. The rector, Rev. Rodney F. Cobb, will officiate. Burial will 
  be in the family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery.
  
  McKean County Democrat, Volume 72 No. 11, Front Page, Thursday, March 11, 
  1948, Smethport PA
  
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  Lewis Thomas Funeral Services
  
  Aged Resident Buried In Rose Hill Cemetery
  
     Funeral services were held for Lewis Thomas Friday afternoon, at St. Luke’s 
  Episcopal Church. The rector, the Rev. Rodney F. Cobb, officiated. Interment 
  was in Rose Hill Cemetery with the following acting as pallbearers: Robert 
  Peterson and Frank Hyde and four grandsons of Mr. Thomas: Kenneth Thomas, 
  Donald Thomas, Armand Thomas and William Thomas.
     Out-of-town people who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Albert 
  Hauber, Erie; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson and children, St. Marys, W. Va.; 
  Mrs. Edith Thomas and sons, Armand, Gerry, Dick and Lewis, Lewis Run; Herman 
  Ostrander, Gilford; Floyd, Paul and Ephram Ostrander, Port Allegany; Mr. and 
  Mrs. Charles Freeman, Derrick City; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Freeman and Marcus 
  Freeman, Bradford; Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Anderson, 
  Niagara Falls.
  
  McKean County Democrat, Volume 72 No. 12, Front Page, Thursday, March 18, 1948
  
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