THOMPSON, Robert L. 1922-2011

THOMPSON, ROCKWOOD, RIECK, MIEROSE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/27/2011 at 15:22:10

[Waterloo Courier, Friday, October 21, 2011]

WATERLOO - Robert Lee Thompson, 89, of Ravenwood Nursing and Rehab Center, formerly of Evansdale, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, following a lengthy illness.

He was born March 6, 1922, in Janesville, son of Jasper Lee and Lola Rockwood Thompson. He married Florence Mae Rieck on Oct. 1, 1944, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua. She died Feb. 25, 2011.

Mr. Thompson was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was employed through the years as a plasterer for contractors and construction companies.

Robert enjoyed fishing, traveling (including 48 states and Canada), collecting stamps and beer cans. He very much enjoyed working on his family history book, sharing it with his family and friends.

Survived by two sons, Robert (Diane) of Waterloo and Richard of Denver, Colo.; six grandchildren, Kristen (George Steinke) Thompson of Cedar Rapids, Amy (Eric) Huggins of Lee's Summit, Mo., Mark ( Meagan) Thompson of Altoona, Ellen (Bryan) Sandholm and Jeffery (Lindsay) Thompson, both of Ankeny, and Matthew (Jamie) Thompson of Marion; 16 great-grandchildren; a brother, Tom (Kathy) of Cedar Falls; and a sister, Catherine (Jerome) Mierose of Lake Havasu, Ariz.

Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, with burial in Garden of Memories. Visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and an hour before services Monday at the funeral home. Military rites will be conducted by Evansdale AMVETS Post 31 and Waterloo AMVETS Post 19.

Memorials may be directed to Care Initiatives Hospice.

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