Llewellyn Idris Thomas, 93,
husband of Doris B. (Jones) Thomas of Homestead Circle,
Hamilton died Sunday, March 30, 2008, in the Kaplan Family
Hospice House of the North Shore in Danvers following his long
illness.
Born February 5, 1915 in Chicago,
IL, he was the son of Richard J. and Isabelle I. (Wilson)
Thomas. Mr. Thomas graduated from Armour Institute of
Technology (currently Illinois Institute of Technology) with a
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1938. During World War II
he served in the United States Navy in the Pacific aboard the
U.S.S. Tutuila and during the Korean Conflict he was stationed
in Washington, D.C. Employed as a mechanical engineer by the
General Electric Company, he began his career in Erie, PA, later
working at the G.E. River Works in Lynn. He retired as a
Commander from the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1969 after 26 years,
and from GE’s Medium Steam Turbine and Gear Division in 1980
after 43 years. In retirement, Mr. Thomas served on the
Hamilton Finance Committee, where he was involved in the
planning and building of the gazebo in Patton Park. In 2007 he
was awarded The Boston Post Cane by the Hamilton Historical
Society and the Town of Hamilton in recognition of being the
eldest male in town.
In addition to his wife of sixty
years he is survived by two daughters, Linda Carey and her
husband Michael of Essex, VT and Teryl Tornross and her husband
Chris of Marietta, GA; five grandchildren, Kristin Craighead of
Kailua, HI, Kimberly Carey of Stratford, CT and Tommy, Emily,
and Alyssa Tornroos of Marietta, GA; and four
great-grandchildren.
His family would like to express
their heartfelt thanks to Dr. Timothy Oman and the staff of
Lahey Hamilton and the staff of Hospice of the North Shore for
their loving care.
A private funeral service was held
Wednesday in the Whittier-Porter Funeral Home in Ipswich
followed by interment with Naval Honors in the Hamilton
Cemetery.
Memorial contributions in his name
have been requested to be made to Hospice of the North Shore, 75
Liberty Street, Danvers, MA 01923.
