HAVRE DAILY NEWS May 1, 1961

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FRANK THOMAS FRESNO AREA FARMER, DIES

Frank Leslie Thomas, 87, retired Fresno area farner, died Saturday at a local

rest home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Tuesday from the Holland and Bonine Funeral Hone.

Mr Thomas was born on December 2, 1873, at Hazelgreen, Wisconsin. He moved

to Fresno in 1911 from Britt, Iowa and homesteaded one-half mile east of there.

He was married April 20, 1889, at Britt to Eva Mae Reisinger, who died August 20, 1950.

Survors include five daughters, Mrs Bessie Clark of the Philippine Islands; Mrs Oscar (Evelyn) Johnson of Kremlin, Mrs Bert (Frances) Inman of Havre, Mrs Earl (Ilene) Haxton of Norfolk, Virginia, and Helen Foran of San Francisco, California, and by 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

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