PHYLLIS M. THOMAS

BLOOMFIELD.  MRS. BILL THOMAS, SR. (PHYLLIS M. THOMAS), age 77 of rural Bloomfield went to be with the Lord after a courageous battle with cancer on September 11, 2006 at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield.  She was born June 6, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa to Floyd Pearl and Ruby Audrey Dunning Roberts.  She married William L. Thomas, Sr.  November 1, 1947 in Ottumwa, Iowa.  She was a 1947 graduate of Ottumwa High School.  She was a homemaker and had lived in Bloomfield since 1959.  She was a member of the Dunnville Baptist Church, the Davis County Genealogical Society, the Saved to Serve Ladies Group and had been a 4-H leader.

She is survived by her husband;  a son  Bill (Sharon) Thomas, Jr. of Bloomfield;  a daughter Diana (Steve) Bartlett of Bloomfield;  4 grandchildren;  8 great grandchildren and a sister  Shirley Carr of Ottumwa.

She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant brother.