Wilma Marie Thomas

Wilma M. Thomas, 95, of Tipton, died peacefully at 1:38 AM on Thursday, September 13, Mechanicsville Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, September 17, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Fry Funeral Home, Tipton with the Rev. Ron Lashmit officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens, Iowa City. Visitation will be held Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 at Fry's. Daughter of Fred Z. and Mary C. Vondracek Lukavsky, Wilma was born on November 12, 1916 in Riverside, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Vernon Dale Thomas on April 20, 1939 in Riverside. Wilma was a homemaker and a child care provider. Wilma is survived by her daughter, Margaret Thomas of Tipton; grandsons, Damen (Amanda) Wallace of Oxford, Iowa, Travis (Jessica) Wallace of Oxford, Iowa, Becky (Chuck) Donohoe of Solon, Iowa, Josh Thomas of Tipton, Iowa, Matt (Nichole) Thomas of West Branch, Iowa and Benji Thomas of Tipton, Iowa; 11 great grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Roberta Gesling of Tipton, Iowa; sister, Alma Rummelhart of Lone Tree, Iowa; brother, Harold Lukavsky of Columbus Junction, Iowa. Wilma was preceded in death by her husband on January 14, 1999, son, Richard Thomas on July 20, 2008, two brothers and one grandchild, Tyler Wallace.