Margaret (Marge) Thomas

June 14, 1938 - September 22, 2014

Margaret (Marge) Thomas, age 76 of Brookfield, died Monday September 22, 2014 at Boone Hospital and Clinics, Columbia. Marge was born on June 14, 1938 at West Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Elmer and Olive Carr Carlson. On May 12, 1956 she was united in marriage to James G. Thomas. He preceded her in death on December 4, 1983. She is survived by her children, James Thomas and wife Kathy, Brookfield, Barbara Shakespeare and husband Bryon, Moberly and Dan Thomas and wife Mary, Kirksville; grandchildren, Jimmy, Dustin and Faith Thomas, Derek and Catherine Seymour, Amanda Lemcke, Brandon and Shawna Shakespeare and Melinda Thomas-Kwakye; great-grandchildren, Tyrese Thomas-Davis, Johnathan Eberhart, Yaa-Lena Thomas-Kwakye, Dylan Ross, Cheyenne Lemcke and Madison Shakespeare; one sister, Olive Scott, Carrolton, Ohio. Marge was also preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Jon, Bob, Sonny and Wilbert Carlson and one sister, Carol Pierce. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Saturday September 27, 2014 at Rhodes Funeral Home with Reverend Ted Stockwell officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Family will be receiving friends Friday evening, September 26, 2014 at the funeral home from 6:00-8:00 pm. Memorials have been suggested to the family and may be left at or sent to the funeral home, 216 Linn Street, Brookfield, Missouri 64628. On-line registry at www.rhodesfh.com