OBIT: Mable (FRESHWATER) THOMAS, 2002, formerly of 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 Mable Thomas, 91, formerly of Vandergrift, died Nov. 21, 2002 in the Somerset Hospital. Born Feb. 26, 1911 in Vandergrift, she was the daughter of the late George G. and Elizabeth Loraine Freshwater and had lived in Vandergrift most of her life prior to moving to Somerset, in 1992. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles (Bill) Thomas in 1978; two brothers, Lawrence G. and Daniel Thomas and a sister, Margaret P. Freshwater. She is survived by a son, Wilbur (Bud) Thomas of New Centerville, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She had been a member of the former Trinity United Presbyterian Church in Vandergrift and had been an avid bowler. Friends may call from noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Dunmire - Kerr Funeral Home, 244 Franklin Vandergrift where a service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Dr. Douglas Stevens officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial, Lower Burrell. Daily American, November 23, 2002 [T219]