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Richard Thomas
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2012 |
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Capt. Richard (Dick) Terry Thomas was born May 23, 1929, in Chamberlain, S.D., and graduated from Custer High School in Custer, S.D., in 1947. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1951.
During 28 years in the Navy, he served on ships including the USS Princeton, the USS Antietam, the USS Lexington and the USS Camden. He earned his aviator’s wings in March 1959 and his flight duty stations included Kodiak, Alaska; San Diego, Calif.; Patuxent River, Md.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Milton, Fla.; and Pensacola, Fla.
He attended post-graduate school in Monterey, Calif., in 1966 and earned a master’s in financial management. From 1967-69, he served with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., and was assigned to the State Department for the final year as liaison to Secretary of State Dean Rusk. After retirement in 1978, he served 15 years as a Panama Canal pilot, accumulating 1,677 shipboard transits across the Isthmus of Panama.
Dick died Sept. 5, 2012, in Pensacola, Fla. He was 83.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Marian Jean Roberts Thomas; brother, Robert (Ginny) Thomas of St. Helens, Ore.; brother-in-law, Donald (Agnes) Roberts of McCook, Neb.; children, Kathy Thomas of Boone, N.C., Jean Quisenberry, John Thomas and Janet Thomas, all of Pensacola; and two grandchildren, Anna (Quisenberry) Boomer, wife of Air Force Lt. Kyle Boomer of Columbia, S.C.; and Robert Quisenberry, who is serving on the USS Greeneville, a submarine homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
No formal services are scheduled at his request. The family will hold a celebration of life ceremony at a later date. His ashes are to be scattered in the Gulf of Mexico, where many pleasant hours were spent working, fishing and boating.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to charity.
Capt. Richard (Dick) Terry Thomas was born May 23, 1929, in Chamberlain, S.D., and graduated from Custer High School in Custer, S.D., in 1947. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1951. During 28 years in the Navy, he served on ships including the USS Princeton, the USS Antietam, the USS Lexington and the USS Camden. He earned his aviator’s wings in March 1959 and his flight duty stations included Kodiak, Alaska; San Diego, Calif.; Patuxent River, Md.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Milton, Fla.; and Pensacola, Fla. He attended post-graduate school in Monterey, Calif., in 1966 and earned a master’s in financial management. From 1967-69, he served with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., and was assigned to the State Department for the final year as liaison to Secretary of State Dean Rusk. After retirement in 1978, he served 15 years as a Panama Canal pilot, accumulating 1,677 shipboard transits across the Isthmus of Panama. Dick died Sept. 5, 2012, in Pensacola, Fla. He was 83. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Marian Jean Roberts Thomas; brother, Robert (Ginny) Thomas of St. Helens, Ore.; brother-in-law, Donald (Agnes) Roberts of McCook, Neb.; children, Kathy Thomas of Boone, N.C., Jean Quisenberry, John Thomas and Janet Thomas, all of Pensacola; and two grandchildren, Anna (Quisenberry) Boomer, wife of Air Force Lt. Kyle Boomer of Columbia, S.C.; and Robert Quisenberry, who is serving on the USS Greeneville, a submarine homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. No formal services are scheduled at his request. The family will hold a celebration of life ceremony at a later date. His ashes are to be scattered in the Gulf of Mexico, where many pleasant hours were spent working, fishing and boating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to charity. Click Here To See More Stories Like This |
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