William DeVon Thomas

1923 - 1978  (55 years)

• Name	William DeVon Thomas  [1, 2]
  Birth	25 Jul 1923	Malad City, Oneida, Idaho   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Oct 1978	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [5]
  Person ID	I60370	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	William Williams Thomas,   b. 26 Aug 1899, Malad City, Oneida, Idaho d. 1 Nov 1994, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 95 years)
  Mother	La Rue Anne Rose,   b. 24 Feb 1903, Hyrum, Cache, Utah d. 3 Jan 1991, Bountiful, Davis, Utah (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1922	Malad City, Oneida, Idaho   [1, 4, 7]
  Family ID	F28662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miriam Candland,   b. 4 Aug 1922, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah d. 3 Dec 2013, ..., Salt Lake, Utah (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1944	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [6, 8]
  Children	1. Allan Thomas   2. Brooke Thomas   3. Annette Thomas   4. Tracie Ann Thomas
  Family ID	F28737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Find-a-Grave W.D. (Dee) Thomas, 55, died October 17, 1978 in a Salt Lake City hospital of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). Mr. Thomas was in the insurance business for 31 years. He was founder of the Thomas Insurance Agency in 1964. He formerly worked for Safeco Insurance Company from 1948 to 1957; Olympic Insurance Company from 1957 to 1961; A.A.A. Insurance Agency from-1961 to 1963. He was state chairman for W.I.I.S. ( Western Insurance Information Service) for 10 years and a former member of Toastmaster's Inc. An active member of the LDS Church; he was priesthood advisor, teacher and basketball. He was born on July 28, 1923 in Malad, the son of William W. and LaRue Rose Thomas. He married Miriam Candland in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on January 18, 1944. He was a_ Vetran of Worid War II He is survived by his widow and four children: Allan; Mrs. David (Annette) Henderson; Brooke and Tracie Ann; two grandsons, all of Salt Lake City; Parents: William W. and LaRue Thomas; brothers and sisters: Wayne W.; Mrs. LeRoy (Shirley) Wagner; Gay Wilson, David Ken Thomas, all of Salt Lake City.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S55717] 1940 census, Idaho, Oneida county, Year: 1940; Census Place: Malad, Oneida, Idaho; Roll: T627_752; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 36-10 (Reliability: 3). [S37619] 1930 census, Idaho, Oneida county. [S39526] Obituary, The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), LaRue Ann Rose Thomas, (January 5, 1991). [S55660] Cemetery index, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, (Find-a-Grave). [S55723] Obituary, Find-a-Grave, O.D. Thomas. [S39571] Obituary, The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), William Thomas, (November 3, 1994). [S55722] Obituary, The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), Miriam Larsen, (December 5, 2013).