Vanrhie M. Thomas
June 14, 1907-July 27, 1983
Vanrhie M. Thomas, 76, 715 Rynearson, Buchcanan, died at 2:31 p.m. Wednesday at Pawating Hospital after a brief illness.
She was a retired cook and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Navy Mothers and the Women's Benefit Association.
Born June 14, 1907, in Bryant, Ind., she came to Niles in 1928 from Portland, Ind.
She was married to Clifford E. Thomas, who died Feb. 1, 1953.
Surviving are three sons, Clifford Thomas, Jr., Robert J. Thomas and Daniel Thomas, all of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Jenny) Johnson and Mrs. Robert (Patricia) Dokey, both of Niles; a sister, Mrs. Bruce (Irene) Miller, Syracuse, N.Y.; 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Halbritter Funeral Home with Rev. David Henderson of Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at Halbritter Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Niles Community Library or the Michigan Heart Fund.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 28, 1983, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library.