Individual Details
Raymond Thome
(29 Apr 1896 - 30 Dec 1996)
Hudson Area Bio Index: Raymond Thome (1896-1996)
Source: HSO, 14 May 1942, Marriage; New Richmond News, 9 Jan 1997, Obit
m: 12 Mar 1942, Frances M. Friend
s/o: Mrs. Nickolas Thome (Mary Schwalen)
b: Hudson, 29 Apr 1896
d: New Richmond, 3 Dec 1996
[NH] I saw first hand Ray's garden when I visited Frances and Ray with Theresa during the 1980's.
HSO, 14May1942, p4
Miss Frances Friend and Raymond Thome Married Here Tuesday
Miss Frances Friend, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Friend of Hudson, became the bride of Raymond Thome, son of Mrs. Nickolas thome, and the late Nickolas thome of Hudson, on Tuesday morning, May 12 at nine o'clock at St. Patrick's Catholic church in Hudson. The wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Monsignor J.M.Owens.
Miss Frances Beaudry, Hudson, was the bride's only attendant. Michael Thome, St. Paul, a nephew of Raymond Thome, was the groom's attendant.
A wedding dinner was served at Hotel Hudson, for the immediate members of both families. An afternoon reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Friend, at 624 Fourth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Thome will make their home on the Raymond Thome farm near Hudson. Mrs. Thome, before her marriage was associated with the local telephone exchange.
Undated article, likley from the New Richmond News, abt 1984
It's probably no wonder that Mother Nature blesses the bounty harvested from Ray and Frances Thome's vegetable garden.
The Thomes are naturalists, who believe in organic gardening techniques and using rain water to grow vegetables. Their plants are sturdy and healthy, testifying to the tender care they receive.
New Richmond's Green Thumbelina Garden Club presented the June vegetable garden award to the Thomes in recognition of their gardening expertise.
The elderly couple tends an enormous garden plot chuck full of potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, corn, onions, rhubard, beets, pumpkins, lettuce and turnips. They also have a small raspberry patch in the yard.
One garden corner contains a mulch pile. After raking the lawn each fall, the Thomes pile the leaves there to deteriorate during winter and then use the leaf compost as mulch.
Pumpkins or squash are planted in the mulch pile each growing season. Ray, 88, claims the roots never touch soil, but grow solely in the compost pile. Between 15 to 20 pumpkins will be gathered from the mulch pile this season.
"We plant our garden early," Ray said, "when the danger of frost disappears." they go over the garden together once each week or so and do their own roto-tillling.
"We like to garden, said Frances, 81. "I do it for personal enjoyment."
"I garden to eat the flavorful foods," Ray added.
The Thomes have gardened in the same spot for 16 years, ever since they moved into their home at 670 South Dakota Avenue, New Richmond. The garden plot is fenced to keep out rabbits and small animals.
Gladiolas and other flowers are planted along the garden's fence line to add a colorful sparkle.
Lawn ornaments, created by Ray, also dot the landscape. Many interesting designs decorate the lawn.
Ray, a carpenter, has built three windmills, a wishing well, plant boxes and other ornaments for their tidy yard.
He has also constructed more than 40 items for their home. Some are imaginative creations, including a bread slicer for Frances' homemade bread, a garbage can designed to fit an ordinary grocery bag, tables, shelves, lamps and a wagon.
Frances' hobbies include embroidery, reading and baking.
Although they continue to preserve some foods, the Thomes don't can as much as they did in the past.
"We raise more food than we can use," Ray admits. Frequently, the couple gives fresh produce to friends and neigbhors.
About half their garden is filled with potato plants, so the potato supply lasts just about a whole year.
The garden's vigorous corn plants are now head-high and healthy green tomatoes are appearing on the vines. Onions and carrots have started to mature.
The Thomes have eaten almost all the garden lettuce they grew, this year.
Ray noticed that the butterflies were unusally thick this summer which necessitated a chemical remedy to keep the worms from eating the cabbage. Chemicals are used only when the plants are attacked by bugs. Otherwise, the garden is grown organically.
"I like do do the work," Ray said about the garden. "I get a lot of satisifaction out of gardening and it's quite a savings on the food bill."
New Richmond News, 9Jan1997
RAYMOND THOME
Raymond Thome, 100, of New Richmond died Dec. 3 [30 or 31], 1996, in Maple
Manor Nursing Home in New Richmond.
He was born on April 29, 1896, in Hudson, the son of Nicholas and Mary
(Wallen) Thome. Raymond was a carpenter for many years and worked for Casanova Bottling
Company in Hudson.
Raymond was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Frances M.
He is survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services were held on Jan. 7, 1997, at Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church with Father Allan Bradley officiating.
Music was provided by organist Mary Jensen and solist Luci Ramthun.
Pall bearers were Leonard Hisdahl, Jim Zoch, Joseph Thome, Fred Thome, Dave
Hisdahl and Paul Swenby.
Interment was held at the church cemetery.
Arrangements were made by Cullen-Hegstrom Funeral Home in New Richmond.
Source: HSO, 14 May 1942, Marriage; New Richmond News, 9 Jan 1997, Obit
m: 12 Mar 1942, Frances M. Friend
s/o: Mrs. Nickolas Thome (Mary Schwalen)
b: Hudson, 29 Apr 1896
d: New Richmond, 3 Dec 1996
[NH] I saw first hand Ray's garden when I visited Frances and Ray with Theresa during the 1980's.
HSO, 14May1942, p4
Miss Frances Friend and Raymond Thome Married Here Tuesday
Miss Frances Friend, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Friend of Hudson, became the bride of Raymond Thome, son of Mrs. Nickolas thome, and the late Nickolas thome of Hudson, on Tuesday morning, May 12 at nine o'clock at St. Patrick's Catholic church in Hudson. The wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Monsignor J.M.Owens.
Miss Frances Beaudry, Hudson, was the bride's only attendant. Michael Thome, St. Paul, a nephew of Raymond Thome, was the groom's attendant.
A wedding dinner was served at Hotel Hudson, for the immediate members of both families. An afternoon reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Friend, at 624 Fourth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Thome will make their home on the Raymond Thome farm near Hudson. Mrs. Thome, before her marriage was associated with the local telephone exchange.
Undated article, likley from the New Richmond News, abt 1984
It's probably no wonder that Mother Nature blesses the bounty harvested from Ray and Frances Thome's vegetable garden.
The Thomes are naturalists, who believe in organic gardening techniques and using rain water to grow vegetables. Their plants are sturdy and healthy, testifying to the tender care they receive.
New Richmond's Green Thumbelina Garden Club presented the June vegetable garden award to the Thomes in recognition of their gardening expertise.
The elderly couple tends an enormous garden plot chuck full of potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, corn, onions, rhubard, beets, pumpkins, lettuce and turnips. They also have a small raspberry patch in the yard.
One garden corner contains a mulch pile. After raking the lawn each fall, the Thomes pile the leaves there to deteriorate during winter and then use the leaf compost as mulch.
Pumpkins or squash are planted in the mulch pile each growing season. Ray, 88, claims the roots never touch soil, but grow solely in the compost pile. Between 15 to 20 pumpkins will be gathered from the mulch pile this season.
"We plant our garden early," Ray said, "when the danger of frost disappears." they go over the garden together once each week or so and do their own roto-tillling.
"We like to garden, said Frances, 81. "I do it for personal enjoyment."
"I garden to eat the flavorful foods," Ray added.
The Thomes have gardened in the same spot for 16 years, ever since they moved into their home at 670 South Dakota Avenue, New Richmond. The garden plot is fenced to keep out rabbits and small animals.
Gladiolas and other flowers are planted along the garden's fence line to add a colorful sparkle.
Lawn ornaments, created by Ray, also dot the landscape. Many interesting designs decorate the lawn.
Ray, a carpenter, has built three windmills, a wishing well, plant boxes and other ornaments for their tidy yard.
He has also constructed more than 40 items for their home. Some are imaginative creations, including a bread slicer for Frances' homemade bread, a garbage can designed to fit an ordinary grocery bag, tables, shelves, lamps and a wagon.
Frances' hobbies include embroidery, reading and baking.
Although they continue to preserve some foods, the Thomes don't can as much as they did in the past.
"We raise more food than we can use," Ray admits. Frequently, the couple gives fresh produce to friends and neigbhors.
About half their garden is filled with potato plants, so the potato supply lasts just about a whole year.
The garden's vigorous corn plants are now head-high and healthy green tomatoes are appearing on the vines. Onions and carrots have started to mature.
The Thomes have eaten almost all the garden lettuce they grew, this year.
Ray noticed that the butterflies were unusally thick this summer which necessitated a chemical remedy to keep the worms from eating the cabbage. Chemicals are used only when the plants are attacked by bugs. Otherwise, the garden is grown organically.
"I like do do the work," Ray said about the garden. "I get a lot of satisifaction out of gardening and it's quite a savings on the food bill."
New Richmond News, 9Jan1997
RAYMOND THOME
Raymond Thome, 100, of New Richmond died Dec. 3 [30 or 31], 1996, in Maple
Manor Nursing Home in New Richmond.
He was born on April 29, 1896, in Hudson, the son of Nicholas and Mary
(Wallen) Thome. Raymond was a carpenter for many years and worked for Casanova Bottling
Company in Hudson.
Raymond was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Frances M.
He is survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services were held on Jan. 7, 1997, at Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church with Father Allan Bradley officiating.
Music was provided by organist Mary Jensen and solist Luci Ramthun.
Pall bearers were Leonard Hisdahl, Jim Zoch, Joseph Thome, Fred Thome, Dave
Hisdahl and Paul Swenby.
Interment was held at the church cemetery.
Arrangements were made by Cullen-Hegstrom Funeral Home in New Richmond.
Events
| Birth | 29 Apr 1896 | Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin |  | ||
| Description | 5 Jun 1917 | Tall, medium build, brown eyes, black hair, claims he has poor eyes - WWI Draft Registration, Hudson or Baldwin, St. Croix County, Wisconsin | | ||
| Description | 27 Apr 1942 | 5' 11", 165 lb., brown eyes, gray hair, light complexion - WWII Draft Registration, Hudson , St. Croix County, Wisconsin | | ||
| Marriage | 12 May 1942 | St. Patrick's Catholic church, Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin - Frances Mary Friend | | ||
| Death | 30 Dec 1996 | New Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin | |||
| Burial | 7 Jan 1997 | Innaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery, New Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin | |
Families
| Spouse | Frances Mary Friend ( - 1991) |
| Father | Nicholas Thome (1860 - 1942) |
| Mother | Anna Marie "Mary" Schwalen (1858 - ) |
| Sibling | Gertrude Thome (1885 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Frederick William Thome (1889 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Emma T. Thome (1894 - 1939) |
Endnotes
1. Register of Deeds, Birth Records: Wisconsin, St. Croix County, Certificate Not Found.
2. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ray Thome, R1, Hudson, Wis..
3. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ray Thome, R1, Hudson, Wis..
4. The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Wisconsin; State Headquarters: Wisconsin; Record Group Name: Records of the Selective Service System, 1940-; Record Group Number: 147; Box Number: 92; Microfilm Series: M2126; Microfilm Roll: 31, Raymond Otto Thome, R1, Hudson, Wis..
5. Hudson Star-Observer, Hudson, Wis., 14 May 1942, p4, Miss Frances Friend and Ray Thome Married Here Tuesday.
6. Find-A-Grave (www.findagrave.com), Memorial No. 114463485, Raymond Thome.