Obit: Thompson, Henry M. (1901 – 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Thompson, Dix, Steinhoff, Glasby, DeWitt

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 16 Apr 1970

Thompson, Henry M. (20 APR 1901 – 12 APR 1970)

Henry Thompson, 68, died at his home in Abbotsford (Clark Co., Wis.) at 2 p.m. Sunday from an apparent heart attack.

A service was held Monday evening at 8, with the Rev. Kenneth Dix officiating, at Lulloff Funeral Home in Colby. On Tuesday the body was taken to the Lauterburt-Oehler Funeral Home at Arlington Heights, Illinois. Services were held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday. Burial was made in the Irving Park Cemetery in Chicago.

Henry Michael Thompson was born in Chicago April 20, 1901. He married Lorrain Galsby in Chicago in 1951. They lived in Deerfield until June of 1967, when they moved to Abbotsford, where they made their home since that time.

A glass blower by trade, Mr. Thompson worked most of his life for the Flastrick Sing Company of Chicago.

Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Jack (Glee) Steinhoff of Wheeling, Illinois, and eight grandchildren.

One brother, Gilbert Thompson of Arlington Heights also survives.

One step-son, Louis William DeWitt, is deceased.