Surnames: Thompson

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 04/19/1951

Thompson, Theodore #2 (22 APR 1882 - 12 APR 1951)

Theodore Thompson Sr., 68, prominent Town of Hoard (Clark Co., Wis.) farmer, was killed Wednesday afternoon, April 12, 1951, when he fell into a revolving saw while cutting wood on his farm. The tragedy occurred at about 3:30 p.m.

The victim’s jugular vein was severed as the saw ripped open left shoulder and neck. An Owen physician was summoned shortly after the accident. He called an ambulance as soon as he arrived on the scene.

Thompson died without regaining consciousness just as the ambulance arrived from Owen.

E. M. Peterson, Curtiss, one of the men who was helping with the wood cutting, said that theyw ere about to move the saw rig closer to the wood pile when Thompson fell forward into the saw which had been disconnected by was still whiling. It was believed that he may have suffered a heart attack, causing him to fall.

Mr. Thompson served as treasurer of the Town of Hoard for 24 years, was a director of Curtiss-Owen State Bank for 15 years, served as vice president of that bank. He was also a trustee of the Clark County Hospital and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.