-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE:  In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied materiel.  These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain.  Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged.  Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires approval of the file's author.
----------------------------------------------------

EMPORIA GAZETTE 27 October 1999
Obituary of RUBY ANN THOMAS
The funeral for Ruby Ann Thomas, 92, will be at 1:30 p. m. Friday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jane Duncan of the First United Methodist Church will conduct the service. Burial will be in DunlapCemetery at Dunlap.

Memorial contributions to the Morris County 4-H Foundation or the AmericanCancer Society may be sent to the funeral home.

Mrs. Thomas died Oct. 26, 1999, at the Emporia Presbyterian Manor.

She was a retired teacher and taught at Lebo High School before her marriage.

She and her husband were residents of El Dorado from 1930 to 1936. They then moved to Osage City where they were residents from 1936 to 1941. They lived on their farm west of Dunlap from 1941 to 1985 and she moved to Emporia in the fall of 1985.

Ruby Ann Whitaker, the daughter of Lewis A. and Mina A. Wolfrom Whitaker, was born March 31, 1907, at Dunlap. she graduated from Baker University in 1929, where she was a member of the Phi Mu sorority.

She married Frederick W. Thomas, Jr., on June 24, 1930, at Dunlap. He died May 8, 1985

Mrs. Thomas was a 75-year member of the Dunlap United Methodist Church and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Emporia.

She is survived by two sons, Ralph Thomas of Emporia and Gerald Thomas of Council Grove; four granddaughters, Amy Hosier of Olathe, Susan Thomas-Butler of Shawnee, Tarah Thomas of Antigo, Wis., and Carol Myers of Sioux City, Iowa; and three great-grandchildren.
Transcribed and Contributed by Kenneth Thomas


Last Updated:  Sunday, November 06, 2005 23:45:20

Back to the Morris County Obituaries Index
Back to KSGenWeb Digital Library
Back to KSGenWeb State Index Page

Blue SkywaysHOME PAGE for KANSAS STATE LIBRARY
An Extra special thanks to Blue Skyways, Home page for Kansas State Library, for donating space for the many KSGenWeb pages.

Page Design, HTML Coding and Layout - Copyright©2000-2009 by Kenneth Thomas, All Rights Reserved.
The KSGenWeb Project logo Copyright©1996-2009 by Tom & Carolyn Ward, All Rights Reserved.
For the limited use of the KSGenWeb Project.  Permission is granted for use only on an Official KSGenWeb Project page.
Copyright for transcribed obituaries reside fully with the respective newspaper.