OBIT: A. Louis (HOMER) THOMAS, 1994, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ THOMAS A. Louise (Homer) Thomas, 78, 523 Allegheny St., Boswell, died March 4, 1994, at Somerset Hospital. Born Oct. 16, 1915, in Boswell, daughter of Robert P. and Lilly Mae (Daniels) Homer. Preceded in death by parents, sisters: Margaret "Peg" Rice, Bertha Hanna and Alyce Barron; also grandson, Wayne Espy Thomas. Survived by husband, Espy G., and sons: Robert M., married to Linda Piper, Boswell RD 1; and William G., married to Georgia "Sue" Zimmerman, New Boston, Mich.; also five grandchildren: Robert Carl, Christopher, Kristine Diane, William E. and Jennie R. Thomas. Member of St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boswell, and former member of the church choir. Also member of P.S.E.A., A.A.R.P. and the Boswell Area Historical Society. 1932 graduate of the former Boswell High School and a 1936 graduate of the former Indiana State Teachers College. Retired educator in the former Jenner Boswell Area High School with 32 years service. Observed 54th wedding anniversary Aug. 16, 1993. Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, with Pastors Susanne N. Palmquist and Michael A. Dunlap officiating. Interment, Jenner Crossroads Cemetery. Memorials to the American Cancer Society, South Lynn Ave., Somerset, Pa. 15501, would be appreciated. Daily American, March 5, 1994 [T129]