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Ronald E. Thomas, 73, died Sunday, October 24, 2004 at home.  Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, October 28 at Hamilton''s Near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home, with burial in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Ron was born December 5, 1930 in Arlington, Iowa.  He moved to Estherville at the age of four and had resided in Des Moines since 1960.  Ron was a Milk Man at Roberts Dairy for 20 years, retiring in 1987.  He was a member of the Model A Club of Central Iowa, Teamsters Local 387 and AMVETS.  Ron enjoyed spending time in his garage restoring old cars.

He is survived by his wife, Constance R. Thomas; sons, Ronald Thomas of Mitchellville, Daniel Thomas of Des Moines, Thomas Thomas of Oxford, WI, Larry Thomas of Ogden, Timothy Thomas of Des Moines and Michael Thomas of Des Moines; sisters, Neva Lindsey of Murray, UT, Mary Lou Spencer of Deer Park, WI, and Helena Thomas of Estherville; twleve grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.

Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to Mercy Hospice.

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