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  Banks of the Wabash Festival kicks off

  The 2013 Banks of the Wabash Festival, scheduled May 23 through June 1 in Fairbanks Park, celebrates 40 years along the banks of the Wabash River, 30 under the sponsorship of the Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Department.

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December 7, 2012

Charles Homer Thomas

Anonymous ---- The Tribune Star Fri Dec 07, 2012, 05:01 AM EST

DANA — Charles Homer Thomas, 89, of Dana, died at 8:55 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in his residence. He was born April 19, 1923, in Dana, to the late Homer M. Thomas and Mary Margaret Kiger Thomas. His wife of 64 years, SaraLu Thompson Thomas, whom he married Sept. 19, 1945, preceded him in death June 21, 2010.

He was retired owner/operator of Thomas Corner Store in Dana for over 16 years. He was in the scrap business with his father operating Thomas and Son for 20 years. He was a field examiner for the Indiana State Board of Accounts 16 years. He also did tax work and business accounting for Dean Kerns in Terre Haute for six years.

Survivors include one daughter, Charla (Lewis) Peery of Dana; one grandson, Eric (Rachel) Peery of Elizabethtown; two great-grandchildren, Sara Peery and Samantha Peery of Elizabethtown; and one brother-in-law, Roy Gordon Thompson of Terre Haute.

He was a 1941 graduate of Dana High School. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II in Africa and Italy. He was a charter member of Dana Community Bible Church, where he served as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, and treasurer. He was a member of the American Legion Newport Post 184, Veterans of Foreign Wars post 6659 of Clinton. He played semi professional baseball for many years as shortstop.

Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Dana Community Bible Church, 200 N. Maple St., in Dana, with the Rev. Marvin Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Ill. Visitation is Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, 4 to 8 p.m. at the church. Memorials should friends so desire, may be made to Dana Community Bible Church, PO Box 673, Dana, IN 47847 in his memory. Care and arrangements entrusted to Overpeck-Gooch Funeral Home, in Dana. Friends may sign an online guest register at: www.goochfuneralhome.com.

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• Death notices: May 23, 2013

  • Ruth Crane

  May 23, 2013  

• Jack Norman Vicars

  Jack Norman Vicars, 82, of West Terre Haute, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday evening, May 21, 2013, in his residence with his family by his side.

  May 23, 2013 1 Photo  

• Mary Elizabeth Jameson

  Mary Elizabeth Jameson, 87, of Buchanan, Tenn., formerly of Terre Haute, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Murray Calloway County Hospital, in Murray, Ky.

  May 23, 2013 1 Photo  

• Betty Cox Swiger

  Betty Cox Swiger, 69, of Terre Haute, passed away May 20, 2013, in Union Hospital’s emergency room.

  May 23, 2013 1 Photo  

• Grace Eleanor Branam

  Grace Eleanor Branam, 102, of Terre Haute, passed into the arms of her Savior and waiting loved ones at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013, surrounded by family.

  May 23, 2013 1 Photo  

• Geraldine (Jerry) Fell

  Jerry Fell, 93, of Jupiter, Fla., passed away on May 15, 2013, at Jupiter Medical Center.

  May 23, 2013  

• Jack D. Wilburn

  Jack D. Wilburn, 80, of Montezuma, passed away at 1:33 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. at Union Hospital, in Terre Haute.

  May 23, 2013 1 Photo  

• Robert H. Phillips

  Robert H. Phillips, 78, of Terre Haute, former local educator, passed away on April 27, 2013 at Union Hospital, from complications of heart disease and diabetes.

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• Grace Eleanor Branam

  Grace Eleanor Branam, 102, of Terre Haute, passed into the arms of her Savior and waiting loved ones at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013, surrounded by family.

  May 22, 2013 1 Photo  

• Nancy L. (Combs) Rabago

  Nancy L. (Combs) Rabago, 70, of Rockford, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013.

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