OBIT: Espy G. THOMAS, 1998, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  THOMAS
  
  Espy G. Thomas, 84. Allegheny St., Boswell, went to be with his Lord Nov.
  10, 1998, at Somerset Hospital.  Born Nov. 25, 1913, in Reading Mines, son
  of Zachary P. and Ada (Ringler) Thomas.  Preceded in death by parents; wife,
  A. Louise Homer, on March 4, 1994; grandson, Wayne Espy Thomas; brothers:
  Silas and Oren; sisters: Beulah McGuire, May Henry, Ethel Wilson, Vivian
  McNeily and Evelyn Penner.  Survived by sons: Robert M., married to the
  former Linda Piper, Boswell RD; and William G., married to the former
  Georgia "Sue" Zimmerman, Jennerstown; five grandchildren: Robert Carl,
  Christopher Paul, Kristine Diane, and William Espy Thomas and Jennie
  Rebecca Jamieson; brother, Grant Ernest, El Paso, Texas; sisters: Dora
  Zayaz, Denver, Colorado; and Lucille Kalmanir, Boswell; sister-in-law,
  Betty Thomas, Berlin; and numerous nieces and nephews.  Member of St.
  Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boswell, where he served as council
  member, Sunday school superintendent, usher and Scout master.  Also member
  of Somerset Lodge 358 F. and AM., Altoona  Valley Consistory and Jaffa
  Mosque Shrine.  Former member of I.O.O.F. and Boswell fire police. During
  his lifetime, Espy worked as a crane operator for Bethlehem Steel Corp.,
  Johnstown, an agent for Baltimore Life, a laborer for New Enterprise Stone
  and Lime Co., Somerset, a security officer for former Coleman Co.,
  Somerset, and assisted his son, Bob, at former Boswell News and Variety.  He
  was also a past vice president of the National Association of Postmasters,
  Boswell postmaster for 25 years and served as Boswell, borough auditor and
  tax collector.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the
  Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where service will he held at
  11 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Michael A. Dunlap officiating.  Masonic
  funeral service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
  Interment, Jenner Crossroads Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made
  to Children's Aid Home, 574 East Main St., Somerset. Pa. 15501.
  
  Daily American, November 11, 1998
  
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