The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-22
Thomey
Passed AWAY
Friday Morn
Sudden Death Came At The
Pleasant Lake Home
At $50 A. M.
WAS ILL BUT FIVE DAYS
Funeral Services Held In st.
Cloud Monday Morn
ing

Nicholas Thomey, aged 62, popu-
lar auditor of Stearns County and
father Of Mrs. Paul Mayors, of this
city, passed away suddenly Friday
morning at $50 o'clock at Pleasant
Lake, where he and his family had
been spending two weeks vaca-
ton in cottage. Mr.. Thomey had
been i'll for five days preceding his
death.
One Of the popular residents of
the county, Mr.. Thomey's funeral
service was largely attended by adj
miring friends and relatives. A Re
QUEEN Mass was held at the Cath
edral in st. Cloud Monday morning
at nine o'clock. A brother of Mrs.
Thomey, Rev. Polycarp Hansen, o.
s. b., of st. Johns abbey, was cell
ebrant of the mass, with two
nephews, Rev. Rudolph Hansen, o.
s. B., and Rev. Harold Fuchs, o.
S. B., as deacon and subdeacon.
Rev. Alphonse Kremer of the
Cathedral was master of ceremon-
les.
Present in the sanctuary were
Rt. Rev. Edward Mahowald, with
Very Rev. Michael Kremer and
Father Valerian, o. S. B., as chap
lains; Rev. John Denery, Rev.
Charles Pengel and Rev. Anthony
ART.
Serving as honorary escort were
representatives of the knights Of
Columbus and Mr.. Thomey's asso-
ciates in the elective offices Of the
Stearns county court house. Ac-
tive pallbearers were men who had
served in appointive offices under
Mr.. Thomey some time during his
long term of office. The escort in
cluded:
DIR. L. p. Leonard, B. e. Schoen-
er, Edward Murphy, William
Boerger, Math Mall, Math Norris
on, Leo b. Gambrino and e. ].
Schnettler; Ray Bruning, Lee
Kost, John Dominik, Arthur McIn-
tee, Garland Taylor, M. B. Lang,
Harry Burns, Paul Ahles, Joseph
Kowalke, Lawrence Herzog, Char
les Weber, Anton Traut, Joseph
Weber, J. B. Himsl, and Harvey
Grimmer.
Active pallbearers were Louis
Dueber, Frank RAINIER, George
Robischon, Edward Kruchten,
Frank Herzog and Edward Blooms.
Out of town relatives and friends
attending the funeral came from
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Sank Centre,
Melrose, Albany, Cold Spring,
Richmond and other points where
Mr.. Thomey was well known.
Mr.. Thomey was born on the old
homestead in Rockville township.
Stearns county, on September 3,
1875, son of Pierre and Mary (ThilD
Thomey. He attended the district
schools Of his neighborhood and
the st. Cloud State Normal school,
now the Teachers college. At the
age Of II years he started teaching
school which profession he follow
ed for IA years. During the latter
years Of this period he taught dur
ing the winter months and farmed
during the sumner. Finally he turn
ed his entire attention to agricul-
ture and became one of the leading
farmers Of the county.
He developed the farm on which
he was born, and on his 200 acres
of good land carried on agriculture
along the latest approved lines. He
was a student of his work, read
and studied the soil and crops
thoroughly, and made a most con-
spicuous success.
A large part Of his attention was
turned to stock breeding, and as
result of his experiments and
thought in this direction, he erect
ed a barn which was a model Of its
kind, built with cement basement.
improved ventilator system, and
patent stanchions, as well as many
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