Betty Jean Thomas
News Herald, Litchfield, IL, May 21, 1992 - Betty Jean Thomas
Funeral Mass for Mrs Betty Jean Thomas of 304 W Route 66, Mt Olive, formerly of Litchfield, will be offered Friday at 10 am in Holy Trinity Church by Father James Sheahan, with burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery....
Mrs Thomas, 57 last Dec 25, died Thursday at 7:53 pm in Wood River Twp Hospital. Born in Litchfield, a daughter of Ira E and Jane Reener Wilson, she attended school here and graduated from Litchfield High School. She married Donald J Thomas, May 14, 1955 in Holy Trinity Church, Mt Olive. She was employed as a lab technician at Olin Corp, East Alton, and was a member of the Western Club there and Holy Trinity Church, Mt Olive. Besides her husband, Donald, she is survived by two sons and two daughters, Donald of Troy, David, Cindy Dobrinich, and Jo Marie Yancik all of Mt olive with four grand children. She also leaves one brother, Ira Wilson Jr of Oregon and two sisters, Mary Espero of Mt Olive, and Shirley Jarman of Litchfield. Preceding her in death were three sisters, Evelyn Brightwell, Beulah Branford, and Dorothy Pintar. [Submitted by: Lynn Boyd Reener]