Nancy Thomas, 91, died Aug. 28, 2024. She was the wife of the late John Paul Thomas, who died in 2009. The sixth of seven children, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Mills Eno and Laura Amanda Grazier Eno. Raised in rural Honesdale, she enjoyed picking strawberries and visiting the family dairy farm.

She was Honesdale High School’s 1949 Harvest Queen and worked summers as a telephone operator throughout college.

In 1955, she earned a home economics degree form Mansfield State Teachers College.

She taught home economics with the Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension Service until 1960, when she moved to Emmaus and her husband started his law practice.

She was a member of the Emmaus Moravian Church.

She was a loving wife, mother and talented homemaker, putting to good use all she had learned at Mansfield and from her own mother. When her children were older, she ran a carpet-cleaning business for several years.

She enjoyed quilting and sewing, making many of her own clothes and her children’s clothes, including her daughter’s wedding dress.

She golfed with her husband and friends at Brookside Country Club and couldn’t stay away from auctions. She liked to travel with her husband, sisters, Alice and Dorothy and family.

Her greatest joy was spending time with family. She loved family reunions and making crafts.

She is survived by children, Richard, John, and Jean Marie Livaudais (Charles); grandchildren, Samantha Gilbert, Stephanie Gubish (Rick), Benjamin Livaudais, Charles, Laura Livaudais; great-grandchildren, Olivia, Riley and Lily Gubish; loving partner, Jerome Knauss. She was predeceased by a son, Alan in 2021 and her siblings.

Contributions may be made to Smile Train or Emmaus Moravian Church.

Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Sept. 7 at Emmaus Moravian Church, 146 Main St., Emmaus. A reception at the church will follow. Arrangements were made by the Schantz Funeral Home, P.C., Emmaus.