Frank & Bette Thomas


 Our resident retired couple, but full of fire.  Frank was just a kid inside and sharp as a cracker. Bette was sharp in every way and I fell in love with her.  Both were to be such an inspiration to me - Frank giving words of advice when he got serious and I needed some direction.  Bette's positivism rubbed off on me.  When I grow up I want to be just like them.  They made a trip to QVS once and I visited them at their school on Ovalau Island and saw first hand how they suffered having to live with the principal - who was "all work and no play".  So they left after one year, but made a return visit in 1972 and I was able to see them in Suva.  Gail and I were able to visit them over the years - twice in Ohio (Thanksgiving 1975 and 1980) and once, just before Bette died (1997), in Texas.  They in turn stopped in on us in Minnesota in 1982. They were close to Bob Piper and visited him in Costa Rica in 1974.
Bette died on 14 Oct 1998. Frank made it to 100. Read more about him at his Malley-Mate page.

              1975 1982 1997
Letters
From BetteJul 12, 1972 read
From BetteFeb 12, 1975 read
From bothOct 16, 1975 read
From BetteDec 1975 read
To May 9, 1976 read
From Frank Oct 24, 1976 read
To Nov 14, 1976 read
From BetteDec 1976 read
To Apr 1, 1977 pg 1 pg 2
From BetteJul 17, 1977 read
From BetteMar 19, 1978 read
From BetteJul 11, 1978 read
From BetteSep 15, 1978 read
From bothNov 12, 1978 read
To Jan 3, 1979 read
To May 14, 1979 read
To May 16, 1980 read
From Jun 30, 1980 pg 1 pg 2
To Jul 1, 1980 pg 1 pg 2
To Oct 11, 1980 pg 1 pg 2
From Frank Nov 1, 1980 read
From Jan 19, 1981 pg 1 pg 2
From bothSep 25, 1981 pg 1 pg 2
From BetteDec 3, 1981 read
To Dec 7, 1981 pg 1 pg 2
From BetteFeb 22, 1982 pg 1 pg 2
From BetteMar 23, 1982 pg 1 pg 2
To Apr 3, 1982 read
To May 30, 1982 read
From BetteSep 15, 1982 read
To Nov 26, 1982 pg 1 pg 2
To Feb 26, 1983 pg 1 pg 2
From BetteMar 3, 1983 pg 1 pg 2
From Frank Mar 12, 1983 read
From BetteMar 12, 1983 pg 1 pg 2
From BetteDec 1, 1983 pg 1 pg 2
To Dec 31, 1983 pg 1 pg 2
From BetteMar 4, 1984 read
To Mar 10, 1984 read
To Feb 25, 1984 read

From Bette		Mar 21, 1985 read
From BetteMar 24, 1986 read
To Oct 10, 1990 read
From bothDec 28, 1990 read
From BetteOct  6, 1991 read
To Dec 7, 1991 read
From Frank Dec 2, 1991 read
To Feb 27, 1993 read
To Oct 11, 1993 read
From Frank Nov 12, 1993 read
From Bette Nov 15, 1993 read
From Bette Dec 1, 1993 read
To Dec 12, 1993 read
From Bette Feb 6, 1994 read
To Feb 20, 1994 read
From Bette Aug 9, 1994 read
To Sep 16, 1994 read
From Frank Nov 15, 1994 read
From Bette Nov 15, 1994 read
To Nov 16, 1994 read
From Both Dec 6, 1994 read
To Jan 10, 1995 read
To Feb 26, 1995 read
From Bette Mar 27, 1995 read
To Jul 5, 1995 read
From FrankAug 24, 1995 pg 1 pg 2
From BetteAug 25, 1995 pg 1 pg 2
To Sep 30, 1995 read
From Frank Oct 23, 1995 read
To Nov 5, 1995 read
From Bette Nov 28, 1995 read
To Jan 1, 1996 read
From Bette Mar 20, 1996 read
To Jul 17, 1996 read
To Oct 6, 1996 read
To Feb 21, 1997 read
To Oct 15, 1997 read
To Nov 23, 1998 read
From Frank Oct 20, 1999 read
To Nov 9, 2000 read