health in 1959. Her husband died of lung cancer in 1964; at the same time Thomas' own health was suffering having already declined surgery for her own cancer. She had been unable to visit him in hospital or attend his funeral because she was unwell. She died at Ruthin Hospital, Ruthin, on 25 January 1968. References 1908 births 1968 deaths People from Holywell, Flintshire 20th-century Welsh novelists 20th-century Welsh writers 20th-century women writers