Carl O. Thomas
Marriages
Catherine Geneva Sappenfield - December 4, 1945
Married in Grand Junction
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page Page 31 - June 16, 1994
Carl O. Thomas, formerly a miner with the New Jersey Zinc company at Gilman and an Eagle resident, died of natural causes June 5 at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction. He was 84.
Mr. Thomas worked at Gilman for 36 years before retiring to Fruita in 1972. He was born June 4, 1910 to Charles Kimbro Thomas and Nett Odessa Humphrey Thomas and attended country and primary school in Norman, Oklahoma. His family moved to Ault, Colo., when he was 12 years old, then later to Edwards area where they farmed near Squaw Creek and homesteaded on Bellyache Mountain. He left school in the 9th grade to go work as a cowboy, farmhand, construction worker and logger before becoming a miner.
He married Catherine Geneva Sappenfield on Dec. 4, 1945 in Grand Junction. The couple lived in Minturn until 1950 when they moved to Eagle, where they lived until 1972. Mrs. Thomas died June 26, 1993 in Grand Junction.
Mr. Thomas was a a member of the Grace Community Church of Fruita. He enjoyed life to the fullest, smiling and sharing with all he met and never meeting a stranger. He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was active in local parades and memorial services.
During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the 20th Signal Air Group serving in the Pacific and in India. He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and working in the garden.
Survivors include: his son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Jean Thomas of Clifton; three grandsons, Aaron, Seth and Paul Thomas, all of Clifton, and numerous nieces and nephews. A brother, Gerald, preceded him in death.
Services were held June 9 at the Fruita Grace Community Church with Pastor Ron McMullen officiating. Burial was at New Elmwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Twin Peaks Bible Camp, P.O. Box 907, Grand Junction, CO 81501.
Funeral arrangement were by McClean Funeral Home, Fruita.
