OBIT: Ralph Edward THOMAS, 1996, native of Salisbury, Somerset County, PA
  
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  THOMAS
  
  Ralph Edward Thomas, 54 of 901 Magnolia Road, Joppa, Md., died Aug. 13,
  1996, at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore.  Born Dec. 20, 1941,
  at Salisbury, he was a son of the last Forrest Homer and Amelia Dru
  (Skidmore) Thomas.  Thomas was a production engineer for Geotz Candies.  He
  is survived by his wife, Neva D. (Lohr) Thomas; 3 daughters: Neva L.
  Horseman, Donna D. Ports and Susan D. Young, all of Baltimore; a grandson,
  Frederick D. Young III; 3 sisters: Emogen Christner, Salisbury, and Helen
  Housel and Pauline Harmic, both of Meyersdale; 4 brothers: Mahlon Thomas,
  Edgemere, Md.; William Thomas, Baltimore; John Thomas, Limestone, Tenn.,
  and Richard Thomas, Fallston, Md.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
  p.m. Friday at Newman Funeral Home, Salisbury, where services will be
  conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Garry L. Kipe officiating.
  Interment, Salisbury Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, August 15, 1996
  
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  RALPH E. THOMAS
  
  Former Salisbury resident Ralph Edward Thomas, 54, of Joppa, Md., died of a
  stroke at Greater Baltimore Medical Center on Aug. 13, 1996.  A resident of
  Baltimore since 1953, Thomas was a dedicated employee of Goetze's Candy
  Company for 38 years, where he was in charge of production.  Mr. Thomas is
  survived by his wife, Neva; three daughters: Neva Lee Horseman, Donna Ports
  and Susan Young; and one grandson, Fred Young, Jr.  He is also survived by
  four brothers: Mahlon and William, both of Baltimore, Md.; John, Tennessee;
  and Richard, Bel Air, Md.; sisters: Emogen Christner, Salisbury; Helen
  Housel and Pauline Harmic, both of Meyersdale; and numerous nieces and
  nephews.  Thomas was preceded in death by his parents, Forrest (Pete) and
  Amelia Thomas. Mi.  Thomas was an organ donor.  Coincidentally same day he
  passed away, his brother, Richard, had been put on the transplant list.
  Richard now has his brother's kidney and is doing well.  Ralph's heart was
  transplanted into a 34 year old woman, the liver to a 37-year old
  gentleman, and his right kidney to a 62-year old gentleman.  All recipients
  are doing well.  Mr. Thomas was laid to rest Aug. 17 in Salisbury Cemetery.
  
  New Republic, October 17, 1996
  
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