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Earle Lewis THOMAS was born on July 31, 1894, in West Haven, Connecticut, his father, Lewis, was 27 and his mother, Emily, was 23. He had one son and one daughter with Helen Westmoreland (BOWDER) Thomas between 1926 and 1928. He died on May 12, 1986, in Rye, New York, at the age of 91, and was buried in his hometown. In Rye his family lived on Highland Road. Earle served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II.
 Earle L. Thomas
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Major Earle L. Thomas, of Highland Road, has been promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in the Quartermaster Corps, U. S. A. He is in charge of supply and distribution at the Port of Embarkation, Boston. Col. Thomas saw eighteen months of service overseas in the first World War and received the Purple Heart citation. He returned to active duty last July. Recently home for a rest, he received notice of his promotion on returning to his post.
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1943 RYE, NEW YORK
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Earle L. Thomas Earle Lewis Thomas, a retired commodities broker and Rye civic leader, died Monday at United Hospital after a heart attack.
He was 91. Born July 31, 1894, to Lewis R. and Emily Daniels Thomas in West Haven, Cam., he resided in Boston and Newton Centre, Mass., Arlington, Va., and Scarsdale before settling in Rye in 1935. He founded the Thomas Brokerage Co. in White .Plains in 1953, and presided over if until his retirement in 1979. His work often took him overseas, and he traveled in Cuba and several European countries.
Earlier in his career, he worked as a broker for the Boston Consolidated Co. and for the William Ware Co. in New York City, and as an analyst for the U. S. Department of Commerce in Washington.
He married the former Helen Westmoreland Browder in September 1925.
Mr. Thomas was known as "The Colonel" to several generations of Rye residents, in recognition of the rank he achieved in the U. S. Army, in which he served in both world wars. He was in the quartermasters corps while on active duty and continued in the Army reserve until his retirement.
In 1939, he helped found the Rye Kiwanis Club and served as its treasurer for many years. He was named Kiwanian of the Year on March 23, 1982.
He also served as treasurer of the Rye United Methodist Church for. more than 20 years, and was a former treasurer of the Westchester County Mental Health Association.
A founder of the Rye Key Club, he was involved for more than 25 years in the Rye PTA and the Rye High School Dads Club. He also was a member of Rye Golf Club.
" He is survived by his wife; a son, Gordon of South Salem; two daughters, Joanne Macomber of Marblehead, Mass., and Betsy Amin-Arsala of Washington, D.C.; a sister, Doris Hurlburt of Orange, Conn.; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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