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Wesley John Moore was born on 22 November 1916 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan.¹ He and Ruth Charlotte Crankshaw were married on 19 December 1937 in Davisburg, Oakland, Michigan.^2,3 He died on 13 March 1993, at age 76, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan.^3,1 He was buried in Crestwood Memorial Gardens, Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan.³

Wesley John Moore was also known as Wesley Moore. He was a Door and Window Installer.³ Moore, Wesley J.- Age 76, died Saturday, March 13, 1993 at Hurley Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 2PM Tuesday, March 16, 1993 at Calvary Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 6100 Richfield Rd., Rev. Harold K. Polk, Jr. officiating. Burial at Crestwood Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning at 2 p.m. today until time of service Tuesday. Mr. Moore was born November 22, 1916 in Flint and had lived here most of his life. On December 19, 1937 he was united in marriage to Ruth Charlotte Crankshaw, she preceded him in death in 1986. He had been employed at Sears for many years as a door installer. He was a charter member of Calvary Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Surviving are: his children, Judy Okoniewski of Fl., Karen and Agnar Farestviet of Flint; 8 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Maxine (Mrs. Robert) Day of Birch Run. Evelyn (Mrs. Floyd) Belote of Piggot, AR; 2 brothers, Elmer (Goldie) Moore of Mt. Morris, Clarence (Gladys) Moore of Oxford. He was also preceded in death by his grandson, Thomas Okoniewski; a sister and a brother.

Winona Ruth Devlin was born on 23 August 1915 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.¹ She and Willis Leroy Thomas were married in 1938.² She died on 15 August 2004, at age 88, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia.²

Ruth D. Thomas Ruth D. Thomas, a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Aug.
15, 2004, of sepsis at the Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn. She was 88.
Born Aug. 23, 1915, in Vancouver, British Colombia, Mrs. Thomas was the
daughter of the late Edward Devlin and Eunice Viola Wintemute Devlin. She moved
to Los Angeles when she was 7 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen at age 16.
In Hawaii in 1938, she married the late Capt. Willis L. Thomas, U.S. Navy.
She survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and remained there throughout the
war with Capt. Thomas, a Naval Intelligence Officer who helped break the
Japanese Code. In 1946, she moved to the Washington area, where she lived off
and on, as she traveled the world with her husband during his 31 year Naval
career, in which he rose to Deputy Director of the Naval Security Group.
They lived in Bethesda and Potomac before moving to Leisure World. They had
been married 55 years when Capt. Thomas died in 1993. Mrs. Thomas spent the last
three years of her life with her daughter Janice Thomas in Norwalk, Conn.
She was a volunteer worker and member of the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist
Church in Bethesda for more than 50 years. She also held various positions with
the Montgomery County school board and Registrar of Wills.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by three daughters, Kathleen Lowe of Montgomery
Village, Patricia Ringler of Maryville, Tenn., and Janice Thomas of Norwalk
Conn.; a sister, Jayne Devlin of Berkley, Calif.; and two grandchildren,
Kathleen Dowd and Timothy Dowd, both of Woodbine.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Thomas is preceded in death by a sister,
Velma Moore, and a brother, Harry Devlin.
A celebration of her life will be held at noon Friday at Cedar Lane Unitarian
Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda.
Memorial donations may be made to Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church,
9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814. Inurnment at Arlington National Cemetery
will be private. Arrangements were handled by County Cremation Services, Fairfield, Conn. Winona Ruth Devlin immigrated in 1922.¹ She was naturalized in 1931.²

Harry Esmond Devlin was born on 18 December 1926 in Los Angeles County, California.^1,2 He died on 21 March 1987, at age 60, in Los Angeles County, California.³ He was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery (Section Mc, Site 6), Los Angles, California.^4,5

Frank Kramer was born on 15 January 1898 in Kamuela, Hawaii, Hawaii.¹ He died on 8 March 1961, at age 63, in Santa Clara County, California.¹

Willis Leroy Thomas was born on 11 January 1913 in Washington.^2,1 He and Winona Ruth Devlin were married in 1938.³ He died on 28 December 1993, at age 80, in Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland.² He was buried on 3 June 1994 in Arlington National Cemetery (Section 3-Mm Row 12, Site 3), Arlington, Arlington, Virginia.⁴³

Willis Leroy Thomas was a Naval Intelligence Officer/Deputy Director-Naval Security Group.³