Minnie Thomas

Mrs. Joseph Thomas

Passes Away

Death Comes After Serious Illness During Past Month

Mrs. Minnie Thomas of Willow Lake township passed away last Wednesday, January 25, 1939, at 9:30 in the Methodist Hospital in Mitchell, South Dakota. Her passing was not wholly unexpected as she had not been well for the past several years. During the last month she became seriously ill, with heart and kidney trouble.

She was preceded in death by her husband who passed away in June 1934, and by her brother, John, who died November 24, 1938.

Minnie Anna Rohrs was born November 30, 1967, at Napoleon, Ohio. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rohrs. Being raised in a Christian home, she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.

When she was twelve years of age, her father died as a result of being kicked by a horse. After her fathers death, she and her mother moved to Auburn, Nebraska.

It was while in Auburn that she was married to Henry Ehlers on February 16, 1884. To this union two children were born; Joseph and Cecil.

The family moved to Brule county in 1913 and located on a farm northeast

of Kimball, where she lived with her husband until 1924. Joseph Thomas was killed in a tornado in 1924. and Mrs. Thomas continued her residence on the same farm with her son, Cecil, until the time of her death.

She leaves to mourn her loss, one daughter, Mrs. Chris Thomsen of Kimball, and four sons, William Ehlers, of Kimball; Elmer Ehlers, of White Lake, and Cecil Thomas, of Kimball. There are sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Ida Carson of Rhodes, Michigan, and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held in the American Lutheran church at Kimball, January 28, 1939, with the Rev. Roleder conducting. Burial was made in the Kimball cemetery.

In Memory of "Our Dear Mother"

I'd like to be the sort of mother that you have been to me,

I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be.

I'd like to say the kind things that I so oft have heard,

And feel that I could rouse your soul the way that mine you've stirred.

I'd like to give you back the joy that you have given me,

Yet that we're wishing you need, I hope will never be;

I'd like to make you feel as rich as I, who travel on,

Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to lean upon.

I am wishing this year that I could be repay,

A portion of the gladness that you've shown along the way;

Could I have but one wish this year, this only would it be;

I'd like to be the sort of mother that you have been to me.

Brule County News

Thursday

February 2, 1939

Born - November 17, 1897 - Iowa
Died - December 1966
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

1st Wife - Mary Frances (McMullin) Thomas

Son - Raymond Thomas

Son - John William Thomas

Daughter - Myrtle E Thomas

Son - Robert Thomas

Son - Marion Thomas