GENE, MY TRUELY AWESOME BROTHER, WAS FIVE YEARS OLDER THAN I, AND WE ALWAYS CELEBRATED OUR BIRTHDAYS IN FEBRUARY TOGETHER,  IT WILL BE TOUGH THIS YEAR WITHOUT
HIM...HE WAS SMART, HARD WORKING, HAD LOTS OF INTEGRITY, THAT HE LEARNED FROM OUR DAD SHIRLEY, LEWIS HALLMAN THOMAS, GENE WAS  THE FIRST IN OUR FAMILY TO GRADUATE HIGH  SDHOOL, AND THEN TO GO ON TO UC.BERKLEY WAS AMAZING WHERE HE GRADUATED IN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, WITH HONORS.  .  HE MARRIED MY BEST FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WAY  I MANIPULAED THEIR INTRODUCTION, AND ENCOURAGED THEIR ROMANCE.HE WILL BE MISSED BY SO MANY OF US.. signed, BARBARA THOMAS KEENE

Another friend and member of our exclusive SPS-48 RADAR group has departed. He has joined with Andy Myers, Al Chamberlain, Charley Farmer, Tom Houhoulis and others.  The rest of us will remember all the good times we shared, until we meet up in the forcoming years.

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Edgar E. "Gene" Thomas

February 5, 1927 – January 2, 2013

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