{"id":4117,"date":"2020-01-27T13:41:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T13:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2020-04-02T22:42:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T22:42:45","slug":"louis-edwin-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/27\/louis-edwin-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Edwin Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Louis Edwin Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 14, 1936 \u2013 Jan. 26, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LYNDON \u2014 Louis Edwin Thomas died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, at his home in Lyndon. He was 83.<\/p>\n<p>He was born May 14, 1936, in Ottawa, the son of Guy and Rachel Wendorff Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Louis graduated from Ottawa High School in 1954 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1955. He was honorably discharged in 1958 at the rank of Corporal. He was a salesman and managed the Lyndon Thriftway for several years.<\/p>\n<p>He married Janice Horne Oct. 17, 1959, at Williamsburg. She survives of the home.<\/p>\n<p>Louis was preceded in death by his mother, Rachel; his stepfather, Harold &#8220;Pete&#8221; May; a stepsister, Lorraine Heth; and a stepbrother, Ken May.<\/p>\n<p>Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Monty Thomas and significant other, Donna Dow and Michael Thomas and significant other, Terri Philips; three granddaughters; a great-granddaughter; and a great-grandson.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside memorial services will be held at a later date at Pleasant View Cemetery, Agricola.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or Heartland Hospice and sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Edwin Thomas May 14, 1936 \u2013 Jan. 26, 2020 LYNDON \u2014 Louis Edwin Thomas died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, at his home in Lyndon. He was 83. 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