Obit: Tompkins, Ernest F. “Ernie” (1944 - 2022)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Tompkins, Rodgers, Okenatez, Fischer, Shelton, Kronenberger, Karau, Hammond, Wood

----Source: Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home (Owen, Clark Co., WI) 11/02/2022

Tompkins, Ernest F. “Ernie” (22 November 1944 – 1 November 2022)

Ernest “Ernie” F. Tompkins, age 77, of Abbotsford, passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at the Marshfield Medical Center.

Ernest was born on November 22, 1944, the son of Orville and Rose (Rodgers) Tompkins in Greenville, MI. He graduated from Lakeview Michigan High School. After high school, Ernest farmed and worked for White Consolidated, making refrigerators for 17 years in MI. Then in 1990, he bought a farm east of Abbotsford and lived there until 1998. Ernest moved back to MI and went over the road as a semi driver. Then he moved back to Marshfield and worked for Superior Gas. Ernest then worked at Tombstone Pizza, retiring in 2012.

Ernest enjoyed gardening, restoring antique tractors, camping, fishing and playing with his grandchildren.

Ernest is survived by his significant other, Peggy Okenatez of Colby; two sons: Raymond (Bonnie) of Ocean Park, WA and Charles (Kathy) of Abbotsford; seven grandchildren: Susan (Scott) Fischer, Lynn (Daniel Shelton) Kronenberger, Kevin (Leah) Tompkins, Heather Tompkins, Wyatt Tompkins, Paige Tompkins and Emilie Tompkins; three great-grandchildren: Nathaniel Karau, Kira Kronenberger and Adonika Hammond. He is further survived by his sister, Marie (Larry) Wood of Howard City, MI; other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents.

A Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 6, 2022, at the Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford. Interment to follow at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, Town of Johnson. Family and friends are welcome from 11:00 a.m. until time of service Sunday at the funeral home.

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