--- henleyam@juno.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: Thomas, Owens, Little > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/325 > > Message Board Post: > > Helen O. Thomas > > > 10/24/02 > Email this story to a friend > > > LA VERNE, Calif. ��� Our wonderful mother, > grandmother, sister and good friend passed away on > Saturday, Oct. 19, 2002, at Hurricane, Utah, and has > returned to her Heavenly Father. She was born June > 14, 1910, in Malad, Idaho, a daughter of Richard E. > Owens and Sarah Little Owens. > > She married her sweetheart, Harold E. Thomas on Nov. > 25, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage > was solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple in Jan. 20, > 1978. They were married for 51 years. > > She enjoyed her role as a wife and homemaker, loved > handiwork and crafts. Her family and especially > grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the light > of her life. > > She was a member of the La Verne Second Ward of the > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she > lived to serve the Lord and her family and friends, > whom she loved. One of her services where she found > the greatest joy and love was as a temple worker at > the Los Angeles Temple (1986-2002). > > She is survived by two sons, H. Earl (Lona) Thomas, > Hurricane, Utah, Ross M (Cheryl) Thomas, Placentia, > Calif.; eight grandchildren, Patti, Jeanette, Traci, > Evan, Chad, Mark, Martin, and Natalie; 18 > great-grandchildren; sister, Isabelle (Reed) > Nielsen. She was preceded in death by her husband, > Harold E. Thomas, brothers, Richard, Jack, Robert, > Jedd and Stanley Owens. > > A memorial service was held Wednesday, October 23, > 2002, at 11 am at the La Verne, California Second > Ward LDS Chapel. A viewing will be held Saturday, > October 26, 2002, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the > Horsley's Marsh Valley Funeral Home (Arimo). > Following the viewing, a graveside burial service > will be at the Downey City Cemetery at noon. > > This wonderful "Daughter of God" will be greatly > missed by all who knew her. All of us will get fewer > cards and letters ��� maybe each of us can send a > few more to replace hers. > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/