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Robert Geroge Thomas, 84, of Cook, MN passed away peacefully on November 14, 2023. Robert was born June 16, 1939 in Virginia, MN to Donovan and Elsie (Laine) Thomas. He grew up in Linden Grove township and graduated from Cook High School in 1957. He also graduated from Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis in 1961, where he learned a welding trade. On July 7, 1962, he married Norma Nieters at Trinity Lutheran Church. They lived in Linden Grove for 60 years. Bob worked for Reserve Mining in Babbitt for four years. Bob was a pioneer employee at Eveleth Taconite, where he retired in 1995, after 30 years of service. He worked all his life in the family logging and firewood business and enjoyed that very much. He also liked to attend sprint and stock car races and enjoyed reading. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. In Bob’s “later” retirement years, his friends knew they could visit him at the firewood pile. He would be precisely sawing wood to the 16-inch lengths; splitting

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