News Release

 

For Immediate Release                                                                      March 6, 2001

 

Contact: Susan McGourty

                Mission San Miguel

                (805) 467-2131

 

 

The Reverend Francis Earl Thome

 

Diocese of Monterey, March 6 2001- The Reverend Francis Earl “Frank” Thome, 67, died Tuesday, March 6, 2001, in Templeton, CA

Reverend Thome was the principal of Mission College Preparatory School for six years. He was a graduate of George William College in Chicago and received his teaching credential at San Jose State University. He taught in Pajaro Valley Unified School District for 25 years, serving at Rolling Hills, Mintie White and Pajaro Middle Schools. After the death of his wife, Helene in 1984, he briefly retired from teaching and entered St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park to complete his studies for the Roman Catholic priesthood.

 

Reverend Thome was ordained in Watsonville in 1989. He served the Diocese of Monterey in Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Greenfield and San Luis Obispo. He retired in 1999 and moved to Heritage Ranch in Paso Robles. You could see him at San Miguel Mission saying Mass where he was deeply loved by the parishioners and will be missed.

  

Rev. Thome is survived by his father, Aubrey Thome of Turlock; five daughters, Luellen Reese of Alameda, Karin Albert and Janet Seminerio of Watsonville, Margaret Swain of Peoria, Ill., and Judy Hill of San Diego; sister Barbara Johnson of Redding; and five great grandchildren