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• Occupation: Housewife

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Geneva L. Thoma, formerly of Boonville, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at Cooper County Hospital. She was 96.
Mrs. Thoma was born Feb. 4, 1909, in Sedalia to Emma Etta Oswald and Charles Preston Lewis. She was a graduate of Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia and completed one year at Dunkel Business in Boonville. She married Maurice Russell Thoma on Sept. 21, 1931.
She worked as a secretary for the president of the Corn Cob Pipe factory in Boonville. She and her husband also owned Thomas Standard Drug. Mrs. Thoma worked at Medical Art Pharmacy as a bookkeeper until her late 80s.
“She gave of herself to the community,” said Kenneth L. Rall, Mrs. Thoma’s son-in-law. “She was very family-oriented.”
Mrs. Thoma served as a Girl Scout leader and as a leader in 4-H activities. She and her husband raised and showed horses competitively. Mrs. Thoma was named a Grand Matron, the highest level of the Boonville Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
In her free time, Mrs. Thoma enjoyed playing bridge, gardening and reading nonfiction.
“She was a very doting and caring mother and grandmother,” said Susie Thoma, Mrs. Thoma’s daughter-in-law. “Geneva never took a pill her whole life. She outlived her brothers and sisters by 20 years.”
Mrs. Thoma is survived by one son, Robert Maurice Thoma of Boonville; seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Her husband and a daughter, Sara Belle Rall, died earlier.
No visitation is planned and the burial will be private.
Memorials and contributions may be made to the United Church of Christ in Boonville, 416 Seventh St, Boonville, MO 65233.

Geneva married Thoma, Maurice Russell on 11 Oct 1931 in Boonville Evangelical and Reformed Church, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. Maurice (son of Thoma, Edward George and Schrader, Helene Augusta) was born on 18 Mar 1908 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 25 Apr 1976 in Boone County Hospital Center, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried on 27 Apr 1976 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thoma, Sara Belle was born on 29 Aug 1934 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 2 Jul 2002 in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried on 7 Jul 2002 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
2. Thoma, Robert Maurice was born on 6 Apr 1948 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 4 May 2007 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried after 4 May 2007 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA.

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• Occupation: Railroad Engineer

Charles married Oswald, Ella Emma. Ella (daughter of Oswald, Louis Henry and Thomas, Luvicia Jane) was born on 30 Mar 1882 in Lebanon Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 8 Mar 1920 in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 10 Mar 1920 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Housewife

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• FSID: 2S6R-P7Z
• Occupation: Farmer

Louis married Thomas, Luvicia JaneCooper, Missouri, USA. Luvicia was born on 14 Feb 1847 in Lebanon Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 9 Apr 1931 in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 11 Apr 1931 in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: 9V97-2CG
• Occupation: Housewife

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• Occupation: Farmer

John married Franken, ROSINA Wilhelmina in UNKNOWN. ROSINA was born between 1825 and 1830 in Sachsen, Germany; died in Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried in Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Housewife