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It’s also possible to plant a flower in your own lawn inside remembrance regarding their particular and her fascination with putting some community good even more breathtaking lay

Lillian Carmen Thomas – nee Christiansen was given birth to from the Sibley Medical within the Arizona DC into the the 23rd January 1930. Their own moms and dads Sigurd “Chris” Christiansen and Karin Alfrida Emelia Sjogren were each other immigrants towards the All of us out-of Scandinavia, which fulfilled, ily within the Arizona, DC. Lillian was christened Lutheran whenever you are living into Newton Highway when you look at the Arizona, DC. Their particular moms and dads changed into the newest Seventh day Adventist faith and you may Lillian turned into a lifelong Adventist given that a main mainstay out of their particular lives. Her young sibling, Karin George, predeceased their particular and you may she actually is lasted of the their sister, Ingrid Plant life of brand new y (wife) Thomas out-of Portland, Or, and you can Kevin Thomas regarding Hanover, PA; daughters, Lane Thomas from Cockeysville, MD, and you can Cheryl & Timothy (husband) Indart out of Dover, PA; five grandkids, Morgan Thomas, Quarterly report Thomas, Charissa & Jim (husband) Klinedinst, Emily Bowman & Jaume (husband) Llompart, and you may “Nick” Charles Bowman IV & Heather Stremmel (partner); and you will six great-grandchildren, Isabella Baker, Wintertime Klinedinst, Ariana Bova, Brinley Bowman, Charles Bowman V, and Bain Bowman.

She sold their home several years ago and you can went inside the which have Cheryl and you will Tim within the Dover, Pennsylvania

Lillian went to university, to get a registered nurse within Washington Missionary School. She satisfied Charles Edmond Thomas and was indeed hitched by the Francis D. Nichols toward August twenty eight, 1955 at Feedback and you will Herald Memorial Chapel within the Hyattsville, Maryland. They moved due to their Spitz dog so you can Ohio City, Missouri getting Charles’ scientific studies. While in the Charles’ internship from inside the 1959 from inside the Columbus, Ohio its very first child James Phillip Thomas was born. It gone to live in Dearborn, Michigan in which Lane Lynn Thomas came to be. In the its first family to your Nightingale Method inside the Dearborn Levels, Michigan Cheryl Lee Karen (Thomas) Indart used and you may Kevin Charles Thomas done their loved ones away from five people. The family was effective people in the newest Detroit Metropolitan Adventist Church. When they moved to a much bigger, residential district household to the Eastover Drive in Bloomfield Slopes, Michigan, they went on the new each week drive for the city within GM trucks.

The household preferred day together walking in parks and donuts and you can cider from the nearby historic mill. It added multiple collies toward loved ones, most of the entitled Lassie over the years. Intermittently, travel was removed back to Maryland to consult with one another Lillian’s and you will Charles’ mothers. Because they each other desired to feel closer to its parents, during the 1969 they purchased a ranch and domestic in Hanover, Pennsylvania putting them closer to Lillian’s parents when you bumble pГ¤ivГ¤määrГ¤ look at the Nyc and you may contained in this riding length of their former chapel and family within the Arizona DC. They raised its youngsters in this rural area and was in fact effective from the Hanover SDA chapel. It enrolled their college students in Pathfinders. Lillian seem to starred the new chapel guitar having services and you may took part in Friday day chapel potlucks. Their wedding perform last for 19 ages.

Lillian stayed a Pathfinder commander for many years and you will was a determination and you will coach to other young people even immediately following her very own youngsters had been grown. Lillian are an energetic gardener, filling out the brand new after empty lot which have trees and herbs, and make their particular family a true yard. She try a dynamic member regarding Hanover Lawn Pub having decades. Their own garden performs is demonstrated on regional garden trips and you will she claimed individuals honours to own their own rose preparations over years at the local suggests. She was an enthusiastic bird watcher and you may enjoyed getting many vacation historically to advance her enjoyment and you may activity that have household members. Family relations try constantly primary during the Lillian’s advice and you may deeds. She spent time in Seattle, Arizona donating bones marrow and taking good care of her brother Karen, hopeful for a recuperation, but exactly who enacted from inside the 1987 away from cancer tumors.

Going to family is actually a frequent fling once their unique parents moved out-of New york returning to Annapolis, Maryland up until its passing in the 1995 and you can 1998. More ages she would assist in taking good care of their own grandchildren in both Hanover, PA and Portland, Otherwise. She remained productive for as long as you can easily, gardening and seeing with members of the family and you will nearest and dearest. Honoring their own death if you want in order to lead please subscribe the fresh new Hanover Garden Club which subsequently helps supports brand new Hanover YWCA otherwise right to the latest YWCA.