Obituary Record

Mildred (Wood) Thomas
Died on 5/1/1997

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MILDRED THOMAS, 7/31/10 - 5/1/97

Mildred Iola Thomas, 86 died Thursday, May 1, 1997 at her home in Redding, Calif.

Following cremation in California, she will be buried at the Blair Cemetery.

Eugene Thomas of Blair is her son.

Thomas was born July 21, 1910 in Missouri Valley, Iowa to Martin B. and Winnie Ellen (Moore) Wood. On Nov. 15, 1926, she married Leslie Carlton Thomas in Blair. They lived in Iowa where they were first married before moving to Blair. In 1963, they moved to Redding, where they spent the rest of their lives.

Survivors are her sons, Eugene of Blair; Michael and Patrick of Redding; and Terry of Arlington, Wash.; a daughter, Gloria Striebel of Redding; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; two brothers, George Wood of Indianapolis, Ind.; and Bobby Wood of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leslie, in 1968; a son, Gail in 1997; two grandsons and one great-grandchild.

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