Elaine Mary Thomas

Elaine Mary Mock Thomas,RN, died Sunday afternoon at Regional Hospital, Scranton.

Born in Larksville, she was the daughter of the late Sheriff Joseph and Ludmila Vavrek Mock of Luzerne County. She was a graduate of Larksville High School, the Nesbit Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, and attended Johns Hopkins University. She was on the staff at Fort Howard Veterans Hospital in Dundalk, MD; and was employed as a Head Nurse and Member of the Teaching Faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.

Elaine served at Administrative Assistant at the Greater Lowell Pastoral Counseling Center in Lowell, MA; and was administrator/founder of the Pastoral Counseling Center of Northeast PA. She was most recently employed at Elm Park United Methodist Church as Coordinator of Congregational Care. During her more than twenty years in Chelmsford, MA she served on various Boards of Directors, town commissions, school advisory committees, and worked political campaigns. She served on Boards affiliated with youth sports activities in Little League and Chelmsford High School; was a sports photographer for two newspapers; and volunteered to work with mentally and physically challenged children.

She is survived by her beloved son Keith J. Thomas, her devoted caregiver.

A private memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, 5001 Angel Canyon Rd., Kanab, Utah 84741; Elephant Sanctuary, Box 393, Hohenwald, Tennessee 38463; North Shore Animal League, 25 Davis Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050; or Equine Advocates, PO Box 354, Chatham, NY 12037-0354

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home & Cremation Svc.