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THOMPSON, Marion Roscoe, Dr. 1938-2012

THOMPSON, HARMON, FLETCHER, DIX, DAVIDSON, BALWIN, WOODROME, CRENSHAW

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 10/4/2012 at 01:39:38

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA - Marion R. Thompson, 73, of Cedar Falls died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Rochester, Minnesota.

He was born November 14, 1938 in Sesser, Illinois, the son of Charles R. and Radie (Harmon) Thompson. He married Marietta Fletcher on June 12, 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Thompson earned BA and MA degrees in Education from Southern Illinois University and a Doctorate in Education from Illinois State. He was a Professor of Special Education at the University of Northern Iowa retiring in 1999. He was active in Cedar Falls Kiwanis Rough Risers and Habitat for Humanity.

Survived by his wife of Cedar Falls; two daughters, Maleia (Larry Dix) Thompson Dix of Pittsford, New York, and Marla (Michael) Davidson of Cedar Falls; a son, Matthew (Jennie) Thompson of Tallahassee, Florida; seven grandchildren: Fletcher and Eric Dix, Anastasia and Eliana Davidson, Graham, Caroline and Mia Thompson; two step-grandchildren, Brian and Aaron (Adria) Davidson; one step great-grandchild, Adley Davidson; a brother, Charles R. (Anita) Thompson of Mustang, Oklahoma; three sisters, Mary Francis Balwin of Mattoon, Illinois, Freda Woodrome of Columbia, Illinois, and Janice (John) Crenshaw of Bowling Green, Kentucky; and his mother-in-law, Violet Fletcher of Collinsville, Illinois.

Preceded in death by one granddaughter, D'Angela Davidson.

Services will be on Tuesday at St. Stephen the Witness Catholic Student Center on the UNI campus with inurnment in Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation from 9:30 a.m. until services Tuesday.

Memorials may be directed to the UNI Foundation.

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, May 27, 2012]
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NOTE: The middle name of "Roscoe" was found on the Richardson Funeral Home website. Rcihardson Funeral Home is in Cedar Falls, Iowa.


 

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