OBITUARIES: Earl Ainsley THOMAS, Earl, Washburn Co, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Don Hansen 13 January 2001 ==================================================================== EARL AINSLEY THOMAS OBIT Spooner Advocate Thur., 12/10/1987, p12 Earl Ainsley Thomas, age 97, a resident of the Spooner Nursing Home, formerly of Earl, passed away on Monday, December 7 at the Spooner Nursing Home. He was born on March 26, 1890 at Chapin, Iowa to Nicholas and Annie Thomas. On June 22, 1912 he was united in marriage to Martha Butenhoff. She preceded him in death on January 1, 1982. He is survived by two sons, Leslie, Durand, Glen, Faribault, Minn., two daughter, Irene Jewell, Roseburg, Ore., Eleanor Davis, Lake Wales, Fla., one brother, Walter Thomas, Huntington Park, Calif., one sister, Amy Chaney, Rockford, Ill., eight grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 12 at 11 a.m. at the Dahl Funeral Home, Spooner with the Rev. Richard Lauger officiating. Burial will be in the Earl Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Saturday from 9 a.m. until time of services