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Thelma Worthen Obituary

Thelma Dickey Worthen, a former teacher and educator in the San Francisco Bay Area and Urbana, Illinois, died July 5, 2010.

A memorial service will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Benicia Historical Museum, 2060 Camel Road, Benicia, CA.

Please RSVP by Oct. 13 to [email protected] or to Laura Eytan, 2 West Welling Ave., Pennington, NJ 08534.

Memorial gifts may be made in her name to the Benicia Library, Attn: Toni Yosick, 150 East "L" St., Benicia, CA 94510.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Times Herald Online from Sep. 25 to Sep. 26, 2010.

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Jennifer Warren

September 29, 2010

Thelma will be missed by all of us in the Carquinez Strait Stitchers. She contributed a lot to our meetings. I appreciated the wonderful story she shared of her childhood at one of our Christmas paries.

Patti Hill

September 28, 2010

Thelma was a "sweetheart". It was my pleasure to have known her. She will be missed.

Patti Hill

Wendy Howell Penning

September 28, 2010

Thelma was an inspiration to us all. She was a strong-minded, caring woman and she taught by example all of us who knew her. We'll miss her very much.

JoAnne Craig

September 27, 2010

Thelma will be missed she was a force to be reckoned with when it came to CSS.A wonderful friend and a very wise woman .My life has been enriched by having her as a friend.

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