NEWS of the Boys in the Service
Pfc. Donald Thoma of Camp Shanks, New York, arrived in LeMars Saturday night, to spend a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Thoma. Pfc. Thoma will leave again Saturday and will stop in Chicago a few days to visit his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Len Thoma.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, November 21, 1944
Donald John “Don” Thoma was born June 22, 1917 to Theodore and Mary Karpen Thoma. He died Mar. 28, 2006 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
