 |
||
| CityRain.com The official Ron Morris website Contact Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved |
2Bangkok.com - Daily Thai news IntelligenceGuidance.com - Know what is going on 2BangkokTravel - Local rates from a local company AngkorHotels.com - Hotels in Cambodia |
|
Obituary of Esther Kem Thomas
Esther Gertrude Kem Thomas, 89
Esther Gertrude Kem Thomas, of Lebanon, died Tuesday, March 16, at Witham Memorial Hospital in Lebanon. She was 89.
Born January 24, 1910, in Winchester, she was a daughter of the late Albert H. and Ethel (Edwards) Kem. She married O. Arnold Thomas on Nov. 28, 1929, in Fountain City. He died Nov. 28, 1996.
Mrs. Thomas was reared and educated in Winchester through the first grade and then lived in Fountain City for the next eight years. She graduated from high school in Whitewater and attended Indiana Business College in Richmond for a year.
She had worked four years as an office worker for Richmond Rolling Mills.
Prior to moving to Lebanon, she had lived in New Castle, Liberty, Cadiz, Columbus, and Terre Haute. She moved to Lebanon in 1952 and had resided here since.
She was a homemaker and a writer. Mrs. Thomas had written poetry and four books titled "By the Way I," "By the Way II," "By the Way III," and "By the Way IV." She had also been a speaker at various programs for churches, schools, and service clubs.
Mrs. Thomas was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Lebanon, Pen Women of America in Indianapolis, Beta Sigma Phi sorority in Lebanon, Sigma Phi Gamma in Columbus, and the Business and Professional Women in Lebanon and previously in Columbus and Indianapolis.
Survivors include a son, Frederick A. Thomas of Lebanon; a daughter, Mrs. Ron (Faye Ann) Morris of Newton, Pa.; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death are sisters Florence Kem and Faye I. Thomas.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Myers Chapel of Memories, 1502 N. Lebanon St., Lebanon. The Rev. Wade Compton will officiate. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon.
Calling will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Myers Mortuary.
Memorials may be made to Centenary United Methodist Church.The Lebanon Reporter, March 17, 1999