Rose Marie (Cassaniti) Thomas (1914 - 2000)

Born 6 Mar 1914 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Wife of Amos Joseph Jacobs — married 15 Jan 1936 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Died 12 Jul 2000 at age 86 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Rose (Cassaniti) Thomas is Notable.

Rose was the daughter of Salvatore Cassaniti and Marie "Mary" Restivo (1896–1972), a drummer and percussionist for "Marie's Merry Music Makers".

"Medical Pioneer, Philanthropist, Humanitarian. Wife of Actor/Comedian Danny Thomas, mother of Actress Marlo Thomas, and Producer Tony Thomas. Started St. Jude's Children's Hospital along with her famous husband. Mrs. Thomas did so much good for sick children even after the death of her famous husband. Born Rose Marie Cassaniti, Mrs. Thomas had a singing career with her own radio show in Detroit, Michigan, where she met Danny Thomas, then a struggling young comic. They were married on January 15, 1936, and had three children, Marlo, Terre, and Tony Thomas. After her husband, Danny Thomas became a successful actor in the early 1950s, she traversed the United States with him, raising money to build his dream- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. When St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened in 1962, the most typical form of childhood cancer, acute lymphocytic leukemia was survived by less than five percent of the children diagnosed with the disease. Mainly because of discoveries and research done at St. Jude, the survival rate is more than 70 percent, today. St. Jude has never turned away a patient because of their inability to pay for treatment. For her work and dedication in raising funds to help support the research and care given at St. Jude, Rose Marie Thomas was named Lady Commander with Star of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre by Pope Paul VI. She received awards from Mt. Sinai Hospital and Clinic, the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, B'nai B'rith and E.S.A. International and has received commendations from the Mayors of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills for her civic accomplishments. Rose Marie Thomas was named St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's "Volunteer of the Decade, 1980-1989" for her efforts for the hospital. She organized a fund-raising dinner that was a highlight of the Los Angeles social scene for many years and is now carried on by her children."

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7B-ZN8 : accessed 30 November 2020), Rose Cassanti in household of Sam Cassanti, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing ED 166, sheet 29B, line 89, family 622, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 803; FHL microfilm 1,820,803.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X79K-NKF : accessed 30 November 2020), Rose Marie Casnet in household of Salvatore Casnet, Detroit (Districts 0251-0500), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 383, sheet 26A, line 44, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1047; FHL microfilm 2,340,782.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHM2-9X9 : 22 January 2020), Rose Marie Jacobs in household of Amos J Jacobs, Ward 2, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-85, sheet 61A, line 30, family 21, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1841.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGL-5FHW : accessed 30 November 2020), Mrs Rose Marie Thomas, Washington DC, United States, 14 Jul 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Washington Post, The, born-digital text.

• 1950 United States Federal Census for Amos J Jacobs, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, ED 92-143. page 2, dwelling 24, household of Phillip Donahue. Image available online at Ancestry.com

• Find A Grave: Memorial #9682929