Obit: Thoma, John (1898 - 1953)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Thoma, Meyer, Dux, Patey, Appleyard, Schumann  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) December 24, 1953 
 

Thoma, John (9 December 1898 - 22 December 1953) 
 

John Thoma, 55, Town of Weston farmer, died December 22 in the hospital at Marshfield, where he had been a patient for the last seven weeks. 
 

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. from Immanuel Lutheran Church at Globe, with the Rev. Adolph Schumann, pastor officiating. 
 

The body will be brought to the Thoma home Friday to lie in state until the time of services. 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) December 31, 1953 
 

Funeral services for John Thoma, 55, well known Globe farmer were held Saturday from Immanuel Lutheran Church at Globe, with the Rev. Adolph Schumann, pastor, in charge.  Burial was made in the cemetery at Globe. 
 

Mr. Thoma died December 22 following an illness which had confined him in a hospital for the last seven weeks. 
 

Mr. Thoma was born December 9, 1898, in the Town of Weston, and was a life-long resident of Clark County. His education was received in the rural schools of the county. He was married to Hilda Meyer on August 26, 1925, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Neillsville.  He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church at Globe. 
 

He is survived by his wife and four children: Mrs. Louis (Genevieve) Dux, Town of Weston; Mrs. Dan (Elvira) Patey, Neillsville; and Henry and Arleen, at home; two brothers, Arthur of Berlin, and Frank of Neillsville and a sister, Mrs. Fred Appleyard, and two grandchildren.