Velma E. (Kunkel) Thomas, 84, passed away
September 8
, 2022 at a Mound City care facility. She was born in Forest City, Missouri on
February 2
, 1938.
Velma graduated from Mound City High School and later Methodist Nursing School in St. Joseph, Missouri. She worked at the Community Hospital in Fairfax, Missouri and also Tiffany Heights Nursing Home in Mound City.
On
September 14
, 1962 she married Jackie Thomas, and they became parents of three sons. Jackie preceded her in death.
Velma was also preceded by her parents, Samuel Kunkel and Iris (Hicks) Sloniker; sons, Richard and Kelly; sister, Mary Ann Hutton; and a grandchild.
She is survived by her son Michael (Amy) Thomas, Loves Park, Illinois; brothers John and Allen Kunkel, both of Mound City, Dale (Barb) Kunkel, Rogers, Arkansas, and Terry Sloniker, Maryville; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Services: 11:00 am
Monday, September 12
, 2022, Chamberlain Funeral Home, Mound City, where family will greet friends beginning at 10:00. Interment at I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Craig, Missouri.
Memorials may be directed to the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
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