Wasco-Sherman-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Mae Lena June 9, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, June 13, 2006
    Mae Lena Thomas, 101, former resident of Wasco, died Friday, June 9, 2006 
at Boone, N.C.

     She was born Feb. 21, 1905 at Mabel, N.C., the daughter of Henley and 
Miney Greer. 

     She married Charles Thomas on April 9, 1922, in Johnson County, Tenn., 
then moved to Glenwood, Wash., where her husband worked in the logging 
industry until his death Dec. 7, 1950.

     She worked in the cookhouse of logging camps in Washington, as a welder 
in the Portland Shipyard during World War II and as a waitress in local 
restaurants in Sherman County. 

     She was known for her rose garden, her immaculate home, her tatting and 
embroidery, and her love of long car rides through the countryside.

     She is survived by her sister, Dare Isaacs, and her brother, Donald 
Greer, Zionville, N.C.; her grandson Tommy Thomas and family, Woodland, Wash.; 
nephews Lynn Isaacs, Zionville, and Dewey Thomas, Wasco. 

     She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.

     She and her husband had one son, Ralph Thomas, who died in 1978. She was 
also preceded in death by a brother, Vaughn Greer, who died in 1983. 

     A funeral service was held June 11 in Boone, N.C. A graveside service 
will be held at the Odd Fellows Cemetery on Wednesday, June 14, at 11 a.m., 
officiated by Reverend Bob Reasoner, Wasco United Methodist Church. Smith 
Callaway Chapel, The Dalles, is in charge of arrangements.

     Memorial contributions may be made to the Sherman County Museum or a 
charitable fund of your choice.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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