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THOMAN – On January 9, 1978, at 4 a.m., at York Hospital, Emma Wagner Thoman, wife of Grover Thoman, Glen Rock RD 1, aged 83 years, 10 months, 11 days.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, Glen Rock. Interment in Zion Lutheran Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Geiple Funeral Home Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 and at the church Thursday from 9:30 a.m. till time of service.


York Daily Record, Tuesday January 10, 1978

Mrs. Grover Thoman

Mrs. Emma Wagner Thoman, 83, of Glen Rock RD 1, died at 4 a.m. Monday at York Hospital. She was the wife of Grover Thoman.
Mrs. Thoman, born in Manheim Township, was the daughter of the late Jacob K. and Clara Gibbons Wagner.
She has resided at the Glen Rock address for the past 54 years. She was employed many years as a seamstress for several local sewing companies. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and Sunday School, Glen Rock.
Survivors include: five children, Raymond H. Thoman, Slippery Rock RD 3; Russell A. Thoman, 58 Woodland Drive, Jacobus; Austin J. Thoman, 20 China Cockle Lane, Hilton Head, S.C.; Earl H. Thoman, 6 Glenvue Road, Glen Rock; and Norma M. Thoman, Glen Rock RD 1; nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and seven brothers and sisters, Charles Wagner, York; Sarah Jones, York; Elsie Glatfelter, Glen Rock; Margie Wolf, Hanover; Norman Wagner, Spring Grove; Abbie Wallick, York, and Alta Trone, Altoona.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church, Glen Rock, with the Rev. Allan S. Wysocki, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Glen Rock.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Zion Lutheran Church Memorial Fund.



York Daily Record, Tuesday December 18, 1973

Pair's 60th Anniversary Is Observed

GLEN ROCK - The children of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Thoman, Glen Rock RD 1, honored their parents with a 60th wedding anniversary dinner Nov. 10 at Smith's Country Kitchen restaurant. The next day the couple received about 75 guests at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Thoman were married Nov. 8, 1913, in the parsonage of St. Jacob's (Stone) Church, by the late Rev. William Ehrhart, Lutheran minister.
Mrs. Thoman is the former Emma Wagner, daughter of the late Jacob and Clara Wagner of Sinsheim. Mr. Thoman is the son of the late Adam and Barbara Thoman of Glen Rock area.
They are parents of five children: Raymond H. Thoman, Slippery Rock; Russell A. Thoman, Jacobus; Austin J. Thoman, McLean, Va.; Earl H. Thoman and Norma M. Thoman, both of Glen Rock. They also have nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.