Background
Thomas, Sara Alice Folger was born on June 23, 1935 in Crossville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Dagnall Frank and Genevieve Morrow Folger.
Thomas, Sara Alice Folger was born on June 23, 1935 in Crossville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Dagnall Frank and Genevieve Morrow Folger.
Student, Georgia State College Women, Milledgeville, 1952—1954. Bachelor in Sociology, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1956. Certified teacher, Youngstown State University, Ohio, 1983.
Master of Education, Youngstown State University, Ohio, 1992.
Director teenage program Young Women’s Christian Association, Providence, 1956—1958, program director Pittsburgh, 1958—1963. Co-founder, president Children's School Washington, 1970—1976. Educational aide Warren City Schools, Ohio, 1978—1982.
Outreach organizer Campfire Association, 1979. Elementary school library Niles City Schools, 1983—2000. Curator Sutliff Museum, Warren, since 2006.
Editor TELMA Tattler, Trumbull Educational Library. Media Association, Warren, 1983—2008.
Docent Butler Institute American Art, Youngstown, 2001—2004. Member communications advisory panel Warren City Schools, 2004—2006. Library 1st Presbyterian Church Warren, 2000—2007.
Board directors Friends of McKinley Memorial Library., Niles, 1990—2000, Warren Chamber Orchestra, 1980—1982. Member of Young Women’s Christian Association (president Washington PA chapter 1974-1976, board directors 1977-1980), American Association of University Women (officer Warren chapter 1992-1994), Church and Synagogue Library. Association North-East Ohio (board directors 2001-2005), Monday Afternoon Study Club (secretary since 2005), Warren Book Club, Literature Club.
Married Bruce Lorrey Thomas, March 18, 1961. Children: Richard Folger, Alice Lorrey Thomas Cervantes.