Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

THOMAS

Buysse

Dobrodt

Dooley

Lekens

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE – April 3, 2001

Mary G. Thomas

February 19, 1919 – April 1, 2001

Mary G. Thomas, 82, of Countryside Place, Mishawaka IN, formerly of Iowa Street, Mishawaka, passed away after an illness on Sunday, April 1, in Saint Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka.

Mrs. Thomas was born on February 19, 1919, in South Bend IN, as the daughter of the late Emiel and Alma (Buysse) Lekens.  Mrs. Thomas was the wife of Donald Thomas, who preceded her in death on December 4, 1983.

Mrs. Thomas is survived by two daughters, Rose Dooley of Warren MI and Sally Dobrodt of Mishawaka; and by three sons, Ed Thomas of Mishawaka, Donald (Delores) Thomas and Leon Thomas, both of South Bend.

Friends may call from 10am to noon today, April 3, in the Hahn Funeral Home, 505 W. 8^th Street, Mishawaka.  Funeral services will be at noon today, April 3, in the funeral home, with Rev. Mike VanDeVoorde of South Side Church of God, South Bend, officiating.  Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Garden’s Cemetery, Osceola IN.