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1863 - 2002



Thompson, Dean William

Dean W. Thompson, 70, of Cedar Point died Dec. 30, 2002, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado. Mr. Thompson was a farmer and rancher and for the past 10 years, he also was a livestock order buyer. He served in the Army Occupation Forces in Germany from 1955 through 1957.

Dean W. Thompson, the son of William James and Ruth Nicholsen Thompson, was born May 4, 1932, in Wonsevu community. He attended grade school at Wonsevu and graduated from Cedar Point High School in 1949. He married Joan Bartlett on June 13, 1954, in Madison.

Mr. Thompson was a member of the Wonsevu Christian Church. He was a member and past master of Advance Masonic Lodge 114 at Florence and a member of Veterans' of Foreign Wars Post 6958 at Marion.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Wayne Thompson of Cape Canaveral, Fla.; two sisters, Beth Wright and Shirley Sprague, both of Eureka; five grandchildren; and one great- grandchild. The funeral was Jan. 3, 2003, in the Zeiner Funeral Home at Florence. Memorial contributions to the Cedar Point Community Church or the Florence Ambulance fund can be sent to the Zeiner Funeral Home, 104 W. Fifth, Florence, KS 66851

Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kans., Jan. 09, 2003

Dean William Thompson, 70, died on Dec. 30, 2002, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado.

Dean William Thompson was born May 4, 1932, in Wonsevu to William James and Ruth (Nicholsen) Thompson. He attended grade school in Wonsevu but gradu- ated from Cedar Point High School in 1949. He was mar ried to Joan Bartlett on June 13, 1954, at Madison. He served in the United States Army Occupation Forces in Germany from 1955 to 1957. He returned to the Cedar Point area and was a well known farmer/rancher and later a livestock order buyer. He was a member and Past Master of Advance Lodge #114 at Florence, VFW Post #6958 in Marion and the Wonsevu Christian Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his spouse, Joan of Cedar Point; one son, Wayne Thompson, Cape Canaveral, Fla.; two sis ters, Beth Wright and Shirley Sprague both of Eureka; five grandchildren; and one great- grandchild. Services for Mr. Thompson were Jan. 3, 2003, at Zeiner Funeral Home in Florence. Burial was at Cedar Point Cemetery, Cedar Point.

Military Honors were pre sented by McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, and the Masonic Rites by Advance Lodge #114 of Florence. Memorials have been estab- lished with Cedar Point Community Church and the Florence Ambulance Service.





Chase County Death Notices and Obituaries,
compiled and abstracted from the Chase County Courant and Chase County Leader Newspapers
by Lorna Marvin
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