Later Life
Jane Thomas died in 1975 from breast cancer. In 1980, Thomas married Thais Erving; she died in 1983, also from breast cancer.
In 1978, Thomas retired from full-time teaching. He became interested in religion, attending the Unity Church and later taking up Christian Science.
Thomas died in Foxdale Village in State College, Pennsylvania, a retirement community centered around the needs of retired academics.
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