 1908 - 1990 (81 years)
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| Name |
Olive Mae Knepp |
| Birth |
28 Jul 1908 |
Allegany County, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
18 Feb 1990 |
Frostburg, Maryland |
| Notes |
- Olive Mae KNEPP (Bertha BLOCHER-2, Isaac-1) was born on 28 Jul 1908 in Allegany Co., Maryland. She died on 18 Feb 1990 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland.
Olive Mae KNEPP and Edward L. Thomas were married. Edward L. Thomas (son of Evan Llewellyn Thomas and Ida J. SHARP) was born on 21 Feb 1904 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. He died on 15 Nov 1961 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. FROSTBURG — Edward L. Thomas, 57, of 221 Center Street, was pronounced dead on arrival at Miners Hospital last night and death was due to a self-inflicted bullet wound in the head, according to Frostburg City Police. Frostburg Police Chief Leslie Bevan and Officer Allan Robison said Mr. Thomas and his son, Edward L. Thomas Jr., had gone to the site of a new house Edward Jr. has been building on Midlothian Road. The elder Thomas went outside to his son's car and found his father dead of a bullet wound in his right temple. Police said Mr. Thomas had used a .22 caliber revolver which his son kept in the car. They said the son told them the pistol normally was unloaded, but they found six cartridges in the chamber, one of them discharged. The officers said the younger Mr. Thomas told them his father had been in ill health in recent weeks. The father and son operated the Frostburg city dump. Mr. Thomas was born February 21, 1904 in Frostburg, son of the late Llewelyn Evans and Ida (Sharpe) Thomas. He worked at Celanese Fibers Company's Amcelle Plant, and was a member of Local 1874, Textile Workers Union of America. He was a member of the Methodist Church and was a Mason. Surviving, besides his son, are his wife, Mrs. Olive Mae (Knepp) Thomas, a daughter, Emmajean Thomas, at home; two brothers, William Thomas, Kingsville, Tex., and Daniel Thomas, Columbus, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Mildred Davis, Westernport, and five grandchildren. The body is at the Hafer Funeral Home in Frostburg, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. The Cumberland Evening Times, November 16, 1961 Olive Mae KNEPP and Edward L. Thomas had the following children:
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| Person ID |
I05662 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Philip Henry Knepp, b. 17 Jul 1883, Maryland d. 15 Nov 1965, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 82 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Bertha Blocher, b. Dec 1882, Maryland d. 27 Jan 1952, Frostburg, Maryland (Age ~ 69 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
4 Feb 1902 |
Garrett County, Maryland |
| Family ID |
F03141 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Edward Louis Thomas, b. 21 Feb 1904, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland d. 15 Nov 1961, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 57 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Emmajean Thomas, b. 1929 d. 1989 (Age 60 years) [Father: family member] [Mother: family member] |
| | 2. Edward L. (E.T.) Thomas, b. 12 Jun 1931, Frostburg, Maryland d. 24 May 2008, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 76 years) [Father: family member] [Mother: family member] |
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| Family ID |
F03152 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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