Person:Thelma Miller (8)

(Excerpts from Gary Miller's letters to Vera Bastin) Saturday 6 May, 1978 Mother told me a funny story once how Thelma, when she was a girl, wanted to go to town, and grandma told her to change her dress. But Thelma started to go without changing, and grandma grabbed hold of Thelma's dress, and tore it off her. So then Thelma had to change. Grandma sure was feisty.

OBITUARY THELMA E. ARIE

WALLACE Thelma E. Arie, 69, rural Wallace, died Tuesday, April 28, at her home.

Mrs. Arie was born Feb 2, 1918, in Levant. She was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of the area. She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Oakley.

Survivors include four sons, Ervin J. Kowalke of Wallace, Walter Kowalke Jr. of Lansing, and Herman L. Kowalke and Ralph Kowalke, both of Powder Springs, Ga.; three daughters, Joyce L. Rivera of Goodland, Priscilla E. Buford of Colby and Sandra Sue Meadows of Gypsum; a brother, Harold Miller of Corvallis, Ore.; two sisters, Freda Ribordy of Colby and Vera Bastin of North Carolina; 20 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The funeral will be 2 p. m. today at the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Oakley, the Rev. Alvin Bruenger officiating. Burial will be in the Fort Wallace Cemetery, Wallace.

Visitation will be 8 a.m. to noon today at the Koster Funeral Rome in Oakley, and 12:30 A. m. until the service at the church.