OBIT: Ruth (KNEPP) THOMAS, 1983, native 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/ _______________________________________________ MRS. ELLSWORTH THOMAS Mrs. Ellsworth Thomas, 85, formerly of Frostburg, Md., died July 17, 1983, in a Flint hospital. She was born in Fairhope, July 30, 1897, and was a daughter of the late Theodore Knepp and Catherine (Mathias) Knepp. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Flint. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ellsworth Thomas, and is survived by a son, Frank Thomas, of Flint; two sisters, Mrs. Gertie Beeman, Mount Savage, Md., and Mrs. Leora Yutzy, McClellandtown, and six grandchildren. Services were conducted at the Brown Funeral Home, Davidson Road, Flint, Wednesday at 9 a.m. with the Rev. John Clark officiating. Interment was in Gracelawn Cemetery, Flint. The Republic, July 28, 1983 [T170] ADDED: SSDI data RUTH THOMAS 30 Jun 1897 - Jul 1983 48506 (Flint, Genesee, MI) 371-20-0754 Michigan