Leona M. (Myers)Thomas

Leona M. (Myers)Thomas, born August 8, 1935 in Conrad, Mont., passed away on June 9, 2019. She was the second of three girls. Only a year apart, they grew up on the farm in Ledger where her father staked claim near the end of the Homestead Act. She attended Central School, a one-room schoolhouse, until attending Conrad High School.

She married her high school sweetheart, Lee Thomas, on September 16, 1953 in Conrad. They lived and worked on the farm of Lee’s parents, Jim and Mary Turk, until he joined the U.S. Border Patrol in 1957. In his 28 years with the Patrol, they were stationed in Harlin...