OBITUARIES: Martha Lydia Caroline (Butenhoff) 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 ==================================================================== MARTHA LYDIA CAROLINE BUTENHOFF OBIT The Spooner Advocate 01/07/1982, p10 Martha L. Thomas, age 87, of Earl, passed away on Friday, January 1, 1982, at the Spooner Nursing Home. The former Martha Butenhoff was born on July 9, 1894 at Dows, Iowa. On July 22, 1912 she was united in marriage to Earl Thomas at Hampton, Iowa. They came to the Earl area in 1917. She is survived by her husband, Earl; two daughters, Irene Jewell of Roseburg, Ore., Eleanor Davis of Lake Wales, Fla., two sons, Leslie of Durand, Glen of Faribault, Minn.; nine grandchildren; four great- grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Monday, January 4, 1 p.m. at the Dahl Funeral Home. Spooner, with the Rev. John Soward officiating. Burial was in the Earl Cemetery. Visitation was held on Sunday at the Dahl Funeral Home.