Mary M. Thomas
Mary McCormick Thomas died Oct. 31, 2022 following a brief illness at her home in Lutherville, Maryland. The former Baltimore resident was 95.
Mary McCormick was the daughter of Dean McCormick, a partner of McCormick & Co., a Chicago brokerage firm, and Phyllis McCormick. Mrs. Thomas was born and raised in Highland Park, Illinois.
She was married in 1950 to James Richard Thomas Sr. and settled in Baltimore, where they raised their four children.
She and her family share a love for Squirrel Island, Maine, where they spent each and every summer. She was actively involved with the Ladies Improvement Association, Squirrel Island Chapel, and the Grandmothers Club.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by a daughter, Mary Stuart Thomas Gillespie of Chaptico, Maryland; three sons, J. Richard Thomas Jr. and Henry Thomas of Baltimore, Maryland, and Bill Thomas of Freeport, Maine. She is also survived by one son-in-law, Paul Gillespie, and three daughters-in-law, Joan Thomas, Tina Thomas and Sally Thomas; and her beloved 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her precious memory to the Squirrel Island Chapel, 18 Churchill Road, South Portland, ME 04106.