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Mary Lou McElfresh Thomas

Birth	:	7 Nov 1933 Downs, Osborne County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	3 Jan 2020 Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Downs Cemetery, Downs, Osborne County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.5099983, -98.5528030
Description	:	Mary Lou (McElfresh), 86, Glen Elder, passed away Friday, January 3, 2020, at the Salina Regional Health Center as the result of hip surgery complications. Mary Lou was born November 7, 1933, the third child of Orval Clyde and Alice Marie (Hunt) McElfresh, at 417 S. Morgan, Downs. She attended all 12 years of school in Downs and graduated in 1951. Mary Lou married Tom Thomas on September 6, 1950, at her parents’ home in Downs. Three children were born to this union: Thomas Randall (Randy), Susan Kay, and Michael (Mike) Lee. The couple... Read More	Mary Lou (McElfresh), 86, Glen Elder, passed away Friday, January 3, 2020, at the Salina Regional Health Center as the result of hip surgery complications. Mary Lou was born November 7, 1933, the third child of Orval Clyde and Alice Marie (Hunt) McElfresh, at 417 S. Morgan, Downs. She attended all 12 years of school in Downs and graduated in 1951. Mary Lou married Tom Thomas on September 6, 1950, at her parents’ home in Downs. Three children were born to this union: Thomas Randall (Randy), Susan Kay, and Michael (Mike) Lee. The couple was married 69 years before Tom’s passing in October, 2019. Mary Lou and Tom were blessed to be able to raise their grandson Thomas (Tommy) Randall Thomas II, due to the illness and later death of his mother Georgia Lee when he was five, and the fact that his father was in the Navy serving on a submarine. They were also blessed with six other grandchildren, Brian DeBey, Beloit, Allen DeBey, Osborne, Jill Turner, Lee’s Summit, MO, Stephen Thomas, California, Tricia Thomas, Alaska, and Donna Marie Thomas Baral, St. Louis, MO, and eight great grandchildren. Mary Lou worked several years for Alliance Insurance in McPherson in the data processing and later coding departments before moving to Denver, CO in 1970 with her family so her husband could attend the Bear Valley School of Preaching. She truly was a help meet to Tom during his studies at the preachers’ school, as she typed all of his papers and was also a full-time homemaker at this time. She faithfully attended the ladies classes for the preachers’ wives, where she learned how to be a preacher’s wife and a better Bible class teacher for childrens’ and ladies’ classes. Mary Lou taught many childrens’ and ladies’ Bible classes and also led many Bible lessons at the Mitchell County Hospital Long Term Care. Mary Lou is survived by two children, Susan DeBey, Downs, and Mike and wife Sheri, Lee’s Summit, MO; daughter-in-law, Rhonda, Iola; six grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and brothers-in-law, Lee Thomas and wife Donna, Lee’s Summit, MO and Bob Thomas and wife Sharon, Wentzville, MO; and many other relatives, friends, and church family. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Lester Wayne and Marion Lloyd (Mac) McElfresh; husband, Tom; son Randy in September 2013; and grandson, Tommy in February 2013. Mary Lou was a member of the Beloit Church of Christ. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Saturday, January 11 at the Roberts Family Funeral Home followed by burial in Downs Cemetery.

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Mary Lou McElfresh Thomas's memorial is located at: Downs Cemetery, Downs, Osborne County, USA.
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Mary Lou McElfresh Thomas death on 3 Jan 2020 in Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 39.5099983
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Family Members:

Parent

Orval Clyde “Shorty” McElfresh

(1901 - 1985)

Alice Marie Hunt McElfresh

(1903 - 1974)

Spouse

Lyman Parish “Tom” Thomas

(1930 - 2019)

Siblings

Marion Lloyd “Mac” McElfresh

(1925 - 2008)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Downs Cemetery
Downs, Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5099983, -98.5528030

2. Oakdale Cemetery
Downs, Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5233002, -98.5152969

3. Rose Valley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5456009, -98.5905991

4. Bethany Center Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4947014, -98.6374969

5. Rose Valley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5748997, -98.5799270

6. Corinth Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4439011, -98.5269012

7. Baker Cemetery
Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4522210, -98.6196690

8. Farnsworth Family Burial Ground
Portis, Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5486100, -98.6486100

9. Dispatch Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5968510, -98.5055480

10. Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5248130, -98.4282290

11. Prairie Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5243988, -98.4257965

12. Reformed Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5957985, -98.4886017

13. Rooker Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5966988, -98.4661026

14. Oldham Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4005150, -98.4897160

15. Saint Aloysius Cemetery
Osborne, Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4536018, -98.6903000

16. Bloom Valley Cemetery
Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3869019, -98.5635986

17. Fairview Cemetery
Portis, Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5388985, -98.7193985

18. South Oak Creek Cemetery
Lebanon, Smith County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6439018, -98.5410995

19. Twelvemile Cemetery
Gaylord, Smith County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6293800, -98.6361800

20. Granite Creek Cemetery (Defunct)
Cawker City, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5097008, -98.3760986

21. Osborne Cemetery
Osborne, Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4514008, -98.7138977

22. Lutheran Cemetery
Osborne County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3736000, -98.4907990

23. Sample Cemetery
Ionia, Jewell County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6033250, -98.3923710

24. Garrett Cemetery
Harlan, Smith County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5873500, -98.7290900