Thomas Cory Obit

Danville Commercial News
Jan. 19, 1983

Thomas Cory
 Thomas Hiram Cory, 58, a resident of 1917 S. Washington in the Central Park community for about four months and a former resident of 27 Tennessee, died at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 18, 1983) in Lakeview Medical Center. He had been a patient a day.
 An employee of Esco Corp., he was a machine operator for 35 years. He was a past master of Anchor Masonic Lodge 980, a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies Valley of Danville, Low 12 Club of the Gao Grotto, Curtis G. Redden American Legion Post 210 and Bethal Lutheran Church.
 He attended Danville schools and was an Army Air Corp veteran of World War II. He enjoyed gardening and fishing.
 Born Sept. 24, 1924, in Danville, he was the son of Emmett Hiram and Verna Opal West Cory. On June 19, 1949, he married Ruth Susan Stout in Danville. She survives.
 Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Dean (Diane R.) Strong of Danville; a sister, Mrs. Marylon (Barbara) Palmer of Danville; and two grandchildren, David T. and Dena L. Strong, both of Danville.
 He was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
 Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Bethal Lutheran Church. Pastor Paul Geisler will officiate. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Pape Memorial Home, with Masonic rites at 7:30 p.m.
 The family has requested that memorials be in the form of contributions to Bethal Lutheran Church or to the Hospice Unit at Lakeview Medical Center.