Jan 19, 2022

Maria Elisa Arriola Thomas

Posted Jan 19, 2022 2:43 PM

Dateline: Larned

Maria Elisa Arriola Thomas, 32, passed away January 17, 2022 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned.

She was born November 16, 1989 in Great Bend, the daughter of Gerald B. Phillips and Tina Louise Marler Phillips.

A lifetime area resident, she was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Great Bend. Elisa enjoyed traveling, collecting crystals, listening to music, watching tv and taking pictures. Elisa was a good cook and loved spending time with and taking care of her friends and family. She loved to make people smile and never knew a stranger.

On August 13, 2021 she married Jonathon Thomas at Denver, Colorado; he survives.

Other survivors include four sons, Braiden Stout, James Stout, Aiden Thomas, and Ethan Thomas, all of the home; her father, Gerald (Ramona) Phillips; five brothers, Blain Phillips, Macksville, Matthew (Kyra) Phillips, Monterrey, Mexico, John Phillips, Larned, Aaron (Candice) Phillips, Larned, Travis Youngers, Macksville; two sisters, Alexandrea (Trent) Everhart, Willis, Texas and Ashley Adams, Larned. She also leaves behind numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and extended family.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Tina Louise Phillips and a son, Louis Andrew Stout.

Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 21, 2022 at Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned, with Bishop Joshua Boone presiding. Service will be viewable via Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/beckwithmortuary. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 20, 2022, with family present from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned.

Memorials may be given to the Stout-Thomas Children’s Educational Fund in care of Beckwith Mortuary, PO Box 477, Larned, Kansas 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com