CONNEAUT LAKE —
Florence A. Thomas, 87, of Conneaut Lake, died Friday, July 6, 2012, at Meadville Medical Center following a short illness.
She was born July 15, 1924, in Albion Township, Orange County, N.Y., a daughter of Leroy and Margaret Shaffer Wallis. She married Leroy (Lee) E. Miller, and he preceded her in death June 30, 1974. She subsequently married Wayne A. Thomas on Nov. 30, 1979, and he preceded her in death Aug. 25, 2011.
Florence worked as a waitress at Huckleberry’s Restaurant for three years and the Parkway Diner and Cottage Restaurant for 10 years. She subsequently worked at Avtex in processing for 14 years and then as a cashier at Club Cal-Neva, Reno, Nev., for 13 years.
Florence was a member of High Street Community Church, Conneaut Lake, and enjoyed flower gardening and sewing.
Survivors include three daughters, Shirley Skinner and her husband, James, of Palisade, Colo., Janice Grant and her husband, Robert, of Freedom, and Bonnie Flinn and her husband, Thomas, of Jamestown; a stepson, Earl Thomas and his wife, Sue, of Linesville; two stepdaughters, Delores Turcotte of South Hampton, Mass., and Joy Burchill and her husband, the Rev. Joseph, of Landisville; two sisters, Annabell Musgrave of Rochester and Pearl Holcomb of Cambridge Springs; two brothers, Howard Wallis and his wife, Mary, of New Brighton, and Donald Wallis and his wife, Jan, of Saegertown; seven grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by a son, Ronald Miller; a stepson, Lee Thomas; three sisters, Esther Waid, Dorothy Seamans and Hazel Post; and two brothers, Thomas and Clarence Wallis.
Calling hours will be Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at High Street Community Church, 9517 U.S. Route 322, Conneaut Lake, where the funeral and committal service will follow at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Larry Schwarck, interim pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Greendale Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to His Work His Way, c/o High Street Community Church, PO Box 248, Conneaut Lake, Pa. 16316.
Arrangements are under the direction of Waid-Coleman Funeral Home, 12422 Conneaut Lake Road, Conneaut Lake, where you may share memories and condolences at waidfuneralhome.net.
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