death_date death_place religion birth_place party profession office |children birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
4 september 2010 albuquerque , new mexico episcopal superior , wyoming republican attorney wyoming supreme court tara thomas 11 october 1932 december 1974 -lrb- 1 -rrb- missing richard v. thomas
 february 2001 richard van thomas university of wyoming
richard v. thomas

richard van thomas -lrb- october 11 , 1932 -- september 4 , 2010 -rrb- was a member of the wyoming supreme court , having served from december 1974 until his retirement in february 2001 .
from 1985 to 1986 , he was chief justice of the wyoming high court .
