Mary Thomas

She was born Aug. 13, 1910, in Drexel, Mo., the daughter of William and Maggie (Quait) Houston. She graduated from high school in Drexel in 1927. She moved to Belfast, N.Y., and then to Buffalo, N.Y. She moved to Louisburg in 1942, and then to Lawrence in 1944.

Mrs. Thomas had been a telephone operator. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.

She married George T. Thomas on April 23, 1933, in Louisburg. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include a son, Mike Thomas, Spring Hill; two daughters, Rosemary Crouch, Lakewood, Colo., and Pat Wiggins, Maquoketa, Iowa; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Rumsey-Yost funeral Home, where family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.

The family suggests memorials to the church, sent in care of the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.