Jerry Lee Thompson, Jr. 1967-1985

THOMPSON, RINGHAM, SANDVIG, DAVIS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 10/7/2012 at 00:36:59

Jerry Thompson
Estherville – Services for Jerry Lee Thompson, Jr., 17, rural Estherville, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at the Estherville Lutheran Church with Pastor Norman Omodt and Pastor Richard Berger officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. He was dead on arrival at the Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Spirit Lake following a three-car collision Saturday evening, Jan. 12, 1985.

Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Tuesday, at the Henry and Olson Funeral Home in Estherville.

He was born Aug. 30, 1967 in Sheldon, the son of Jerry and Quint (Ringham) Thompson, Estherville. He moved with his family to Estherville in January of 1974 and at the time of his death was a junior at Estherville High School. He was also employed by K & M Sales Co, Estherville, after school.

Survivors include his parents, Jerry and Quint Thompson, rural Estherville; one sister, Jann Thompson, rural Estherville; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sandvig, Estherville; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Al Ringham, Spirit Lake; and maternal great grandmother, Mrs. Eva Davis.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 14, 1985)