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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., December 30, 1957, page 7

THOMAS SERVICE HELD SATURDAY

Services were held at 2 p.m. at Gardners Funeral Home Saturday Dec. 21st. for Malvin LeRoy Thomas, 49-year-old-employee of Underwood Fruit & Warehouse who died Wednesday Dec. 18 at his home in White Salmon.
Cause of death is unknown, but presumably due to a heart attack.
The Rev. Roger Clevenger officiated at Saturday's service. Burial was in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Pall bears were James Woosley, Jim Remick, Al Bennett, Ronald Bennett, Earl Adams and Alvin Henry.
Mr. Thomas is survived by his widow, Virginia Fern; sons Ronald and Lloyd; and daughters, Mrs. Ray Johnson and Miss Shirley Thomas, all of White Salmon.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., December 26, 1957, page 3

MELVIN LEROY THOMAS

Services were held last Saturday for Melvin LeRoy Thomas who passed away at his home in White Salmon on Wednesday, December 18.
Melvin Thomas was employed by the Underwood Fruit and Warehouse company. He is survived by his wife Virginia of White Salmon; two sons Ronald L. Thomas of White Salmon and Lloyd J. Thomas also of White Salmon; two daughters, Mrs. Ray Johnson and Shirley Ann Thomas. Two brothers Carl J. Kelley, Renton, Washington, and Larry M. Thomas, Seattle; two sisters, Mrs. Gweneth Leland, Seattle and Mrs. Alice Knowlton; four grandchildren also survive.