Longtime Hugoton resident Dorothy E. Thomas, age 82, passed from this life Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton. [it-exchange-member-content membership_ids=”485,313″]
She was born March 13, 1931 in Osborne, the daughter of Albert Lackey and the former Doii Morris.
Dorothy attended Osborne Schools through the eighth grade when her family moved to Saffordville where she graduated from high school.
June 5, 1949, Dorothy married Paul L. Thomas in Saffordville.
Dorothy and Paul lived in Emporia, White City, Herrington and Parsons before moving to Hugoton in 1965. Besides being a homemaker, Dorothy was a school librarian and a printer for USD 210.
Mrs. Thomas was a member of the First Christian Church in Hugoton, Eastern Star Ulysses Chapter No. 471 and the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary.
Survivors include her five sons, John Thomas of Port Arthur, Tx., Clinton Thomas and wife Kris of Salina, Alan Thomas and wife Rhonda of Hugoton, Stephen Thomas and wife Vicky of Wellington and Gary Thomas of Hugoton; her sister Wilma Lind of Kansas City; brother Ronald Lackey; six grandchildren, Jennifer Smith, Jessica Vasquez, Savannah Thomas, Collin Thomas, Cady Thomas, Caleb Murray; and six great grandchildren, Jamie Porter, Jordan Porter, Johna Swift-Thomas, Jessie Stephenson, Jeffery Vasquez and Julianna Vasquez.
Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents; husband Paul on May 17, 1984; sisters, Leslie Swift, Twila Nelson and Clara Schaefer; brothers, Kenneth Lackey and Leonard Lackey; and great granddaughter Jacqueline Vasquez.
A family memorial service and inurnment is planned for a later date at the Hugoton Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be given to the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, Eastern Star Ulysses Chapter No. 471, or the National Parkinson Foundation in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 423 S Main, Hugoton, Ks 67951. [/it-exchange-member-content]