Clara M. Thomas, Lebo
1929 - 2007
Clara M. Rosenquist Thomas of Lebo died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, at the Emporia Rehabilitation Center. She was 78.
Mrs. Thomas was a homemaker and also did oil painting, ceramics and seamstress work.
The daughter of Carl and Alice Olsen Rosenquist, she was born May 12, 1929, at Neosho Rapids. She graduated from Neosho Rapids High School in 1947. She married Newell Thomas in 1948 at Burlington. He survives.
Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Lebo Baptist Church.
She is also survived by one son, Roger Thomas of Lebo; one brother, William Rosenquist of Emporia; and two grandchildren. A daughter, Carol Sue Thomas, died in 1973. Two sisters, Elvira Dant and Elizabeth Mounkes; and two brothers, Edwin Rosenquist and Floyd Rosenquist, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home in Lebo. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery at Lebo. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions to the church may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 43, Lebo, KS 66856.