Jean Rose Thome

Jean Rose Thome, beloved wife of Leo Thome and loving mother of son Glenn Thome and daughters Joyce Lepore and Malissa McKeith, passed away the afternoon of Feb. 13, 2013 at the Silvergate Retirement Home only five weeks after her husband passed away.

Born Jan. 30, 1923 in Wisconsin, she met Leo in New York City in 1946. They married the next year and were together for 65 happy years of marriage. They moved to California from Minnesota in 1955 living in Redondo Beach until retiring to Fallbrook in 1987.

Jean enjoyed homemaking, traveling, reading, piano, dancing, swimming, and playing cards. J...