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b. June 21, 1891 in McHenry, Illinois
d. November 21, 1977 in Tucson, Arizona
Final resting place is next to his wife in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Lot 80 Section A in Elmira, New York,
The only child of Warren Thomas and Lovina Grimoldby. He attended college at the University of Illinois. His studies were interrupted during his junior year by a severe case of pleurisy. It took nearly a year for him to recover. Several of his ribs were removed in an attempt to cure this disease. Excerpt from “My Family Tree” acknowledgement Kathy Nelson.
I only met Great Grandpa Thomas twice and both times I was too young to really remember him. I remember when we died that my Dad went to the funeral. I believe he flew out to Tucson and flew back with the casket, but I could be remembering wrong (I was only 5).
I have Great Grandpa's typewriter, camera and a couple of pocket watches. I have him to thank for my interest in typewriters. Right or wrong his typewriter has seen better days (My brother and I banging on it back in the late seventy's probably didn't help. But it made me wonder what other typewriters might be like. Now I have over 60 typewriters (we are trying to sell 10 right now, who needs 60 typewriters :) ). I really enjoy tinkering with them and getting them to work again as well as using them for correspondence.