Obit: Tompkins, Earl D. #2 (1885 – 1959)

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Surnames: Tompkins, Bredesen

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 10 Dec 1959

Tompkins, Earl D. (7 APR 1885 – 4 DEC 1959)

Earl D. Tompkins was born April 7, 1885 in the Town of Eaton (Clark Co., Wis.), and received his education there.

On December 28, 1911 he was united in marriage to Hilda Bredesen at Marshfield. They resided on a farm southwest of Greenwood until 1947, when they moved to Neillsville.

Mr. Tompkins passed away at Memorial Hospital, Neillsville, on Friday, December 4, 1959, where he had been a patient since Thursday.

Funeral services were held on Monday, December 7th at 2:00 p.m. at the Georgas Funeral Home at Neillsville. Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Tompkins is survived by his wife and a daughter, Lorraine, at Neillsville; a son, Nyle Tompkins, Osseo, and ten grandchildren.