Thomas J. Carico

Independent Enterprise
Thursday, August 22, 1968

Thomas J. Carico

Services for Thomas J. Carico, 87, Payette, were conducted Friday, August 9, at the United Methodist church in Payette. The deceased passed away August 6 at the Payette Valley Sanitarium.

Interment was at Riverside under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel.

Mr. Carico was born June 28, 1881, at Galax, Va. He grew up in Virginia, married Elma Pearl Cole there in 1899, and came to Payette in 1906 where they farmed. She preceded him in death in 1931.

He married Bertha Wilfong at Vale, Ore., Jan. 1, 1933. Mr. Carico had farmed all of his life, retiring in 1958.

He is a member of the Methodist Church and the IOOF Lodge No. 22 in Payette.

Survivors include his wife, Bertha, Payette; two sons, Edgar S. Carico, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Curtis T. Carico, Payette; a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Naylor, Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Callie Beasley, Galax, Va.; six grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by a daughter, four brothers, and two sisters.