Thomas, Robert Allen

Also Known As Thomas, Robert Allen
Gramps ID I8962
Gender male
Age at Death 61 years, 6 months, 14 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1939-09-20 Zulu, Jefferson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
 
Census 1940 Jefferson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Death 2001-04-04 Adams Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
 
Burial   Prairie Grove Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Thomas, Alfred Clarence [I8961]1915-03-181962-09-19
Mother Oberley, Celeste Mary [I8948]1918-03-141988-08-28
         Thomas, Robert Allen [I8962] 1939-09-20 2001-04-04
    Sister     Thomas, Sharon Louise [I8963] 1940-12-17 1983-03-23
    Brother     Thomas, Stephen E. [I8964] 1942 1950
    Sister     Thomas, Carol Ann [I8965]
    Sister     Thomas, Susan M. [I8968]
    Brother     Thomas, Donald Edward [I8966]
    Sister     Thomas, Kathy R. [I8969]
    Sister     Thomas, Rita K. [I8967]
    Brother     Thomas, Gerald P. [I8970]

Narrative

[Obituary for Robert A. Thomas, posted online to the FindaGrave.com website.]

Robert A. Thomas, 61, died Wednesday at home in Decatur. Born in Zulu, he worked for Home Lumber for 23 years. He was an Army veteran. Surviving are four daughters, Babi Stabler, Cortina Cottle and Vanessa Kemphues, all of Fort Wayne, and Linda Bass of Mount Pleasant, Michigan; two brothers, Donald of Decatur and Jerry of Fort Wayne; four sisters, Carol Gilliom of Monroeville, Susan MacDonald of Paulding, Ohio, Kathy Thomas of Zulu and Rita Rhymer of Decatur; and 12 grandchildren. His son, Allen Robert, died in 1987. Services were at the D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave in Fort Wayne, Ind. Burial in Prairie Grove Cemetery. Memorials to the family.

 

Pedigree

  1. Thomas, Alfred Clarence [I8961]
    1. Oberley, Celeste Mary [I8948]
      1. Thomas, Carol Ann [I8965]
      2. Thomas, Donald Edward [I8966]
      3. Thomas, Rita K. [I8967]
      4. Thomas, Susan M. [I8968]
      5. Thomas, Kathy R. [I8969]
      6. Thomas, Gerald P. [I8970]
      7. Thomas, Robert Allen
      8. Thomas, Sharon Louise [I8963]
      9. Thomas, Stephen E. [I8964]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1RS-LJ1 : 14 March 2018), Edward C Oberley, Jefferson Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-9, sheet 8B, line 51, family 145, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1025.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: Jefferson Township, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Edward C Oberley Head Male 48 Indiana
        Lucy A Oberley Wife Female 46 Indiana
        Audrey M Oberley Daughter Female 19 Indiana
        Alfred C Thomas Son-in-law Male 26 Indiana
        Celeste M Thomas Daughter Female 22 Indiana
        Robert E Thomas Grandson Male 0 Indiana