Evelyn R. Thomas | Real estate agent, 66Evelyn Ruthel Thomas, 66, of St. Davids, who sold houses on the Main Line for more than 20 years, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) July 18 at her family's summer home in Chestertown, Md.
In 1984, Mrs. Thomas joined Hoopes Real Estate Agency in Wayne, which later merged to become Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors. She was a top producer for the firm, said her daughter, Kathy. She retired in 2004, a year after her ALS was diagnosed.

A native of Berlin, Mrs. Thomas immigrated to the United States with her parents in 1953. She attended the University of Massachusetts, where she became head counselor for women's dormitories. After graduation, she worked for the Girl Scouts in Germany and then studied in Paris for a year.

In 1965, she married Peter M.H. Thomas. While raising their children in Radnor Township, Mrs. Thomas took college courses in art history and studied horticulture at the Barnes Foundation in Merion.

She was a longtime member of the Four Counties Garden Club.

In addition to her husband and daughter, she is survived by a son, Asa, and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be private.