OBIT: Orpha Missouri (RUBRIGHT) THOMAS, 1942, Elk Lick Twp., Somerset County, PA

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ORPHA MISSOURI THOMAS

  Mrs. Orpha Missouri Thomas, wife of Ulysses Grant Thomas of Elk Lick Township, 
died very suddenly at her home about a mile south of Salisbury, at 1:30 a.m., 
Nov. 27, 1942, at the age of 60 years, 3 months and 10 days.  She was a daughter 
of the late George and Lucy Studebaker Rubright, and was born in the village of 
Summit Mills, Summit Township.
  The evening before she died, she was not known to be ill, and before retiring 
for the night, spent a portion of the time writing a letter.  Late during the 
night, sounds were heard emanating from her bedroom, and seemed to indicate that 
she might be ill.  A member of the family hastened to her bedside, and found her 
unconscious, but not dead.
  A physician was promptly summoned but before he arrived at the Thomas home, 
the spirit of Mrs. Thomas had taken its flight.  County Coroner Dosch was also 
summoned to the Thomas home, but an inquest did not seem necessary as the 
physician called gave the opinion that death was caused by a coronary 
occulation, a form of heart trouble.
  Mrs. Thomas was the last surviving member of the George Rubright family, and 
is survived by her husband, two daughters and three sons, namely: Lucy, wife of 
Harry Younkin; Irene, wife of Leo Baer, residing near Sand Patch and Keystone 
Junction; Kenneth, Paul and Ray, of Baltimore, Md.
  Funeral services were held at the Thomas home, last Sunday, at 3:30 p.m., 
conducted by Rev. Ira S. Monn, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed 
Church of Salisbury, of which denomination Mrs. Thomas was a member.
  Interment was in the St. Paul Cemetery, under the direction of Stanley M. 
Thomas, Salisbury mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, December 3, 1942