Mrs. Lewis (Blanche) Thompson, 89 Wyanet, died Wednesday at Perry Memorial hospital. Visitation will be 7 p.m.- 8. P.m. Thursday at the Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton. Services for Mrs. Thompson will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Norberg's with the Rev. Robert Allen officiating. Burial will be in the Elm Lawn Memorial Park.
Mrs. Thompson was born Oct. 29, 1887 near Tiskilwa, the daughter of Christopher and Mary Alice Walker Kitterman. She was married Nov. 2, 1919 to Mr. Thompson. She was a member of the Wyanet Congregational church.
Survivors include one
daughter, Mrs. John (Madeline) Gross, Wyanet; one grandson, two great granddaughters,
and one sister, Miss Watie Kitterman, Wyanet. Mrs. Thompson was preceded
in death by her husband; four brothers, Fred,
Charles, Darwin and George;
two sisters Edith and Ruth and one granddaughter.
Memorial may be directed to the Wyanet rescue unit.
By the death of Isaac Tompkins which occured the 18th from pneumonia, Mineral loses one of her oldest, and most respectable citizens. Honest and upright in all his dealings, not a spot or blemish can be found against his memory. Naturally of a retiring disposition, he neither saught nor accepted any office prefering to remain quietly with his family.
Deceased was born in Tenn. 76 years ago last January. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Rebecca Carroll. By this marriage eight children were born, four of them now living, one son and a daughter living in Nebraska, a daughter in Iowa, and a daughter in Tiskilwa. Several years after the death of his first wife, he was married the second time, and by this union four children were born. Mrs Hamrick residing at Wyanet. Two sons Charles and Frank and a daughter Lydia living in Mineral. He is also survied by his wife. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Sunday a.m. and were conducted by Rev. Ward of the M.E. Church of Sheffield. The church was crowded to overflowing (many being obliged to stand on the side walk by the open door) by relatives and friends who came to pay their last respects to the memory of "Uncle Isaac" whom they had loved and honored for so many years. Mr. Prior of Sheffield was director, assisted by Amos Fry. The pall bearers were: Charles Harris, Will Steel, Thomas Jacobs, S. Williams, Ed Walker and Charles Riley. Interment at Fair View Cemetery.