TOMPKINS, Dean P. (1929-2005)

TOMPKINS, BURNHAM, JOHNSON, BEAVER, TOMPKINS, STEARNS, BAHLMANN

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/14/2013 at 23:28:11

Dean P. Tompkins, 75, of Garner, Iowa died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Garner.

Music was provided by organist Mary Kopacek who accompanied soloist, Doug Hayes, and a congregational hymn. Ushers were Maynard and Marvin Schoneman.

Casket bearers were Claire Tompkins, Gabe Stearns, Allen Tompkins, Larry Tompkins, Zachary Tompkins, Michael Beaver, Mark Hiscocks and Jerry Zwald.

Burial was in Concord Township Cemetery. Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa.

Dean P. Tompkins, the son of Purd and Viola (Burnham) Tompkins, was born Nov. 15, 1929 in Concord Township, Hancock County. He graduated from Garner High School in 1947. On Aug. 20, 1949 he married Betty Johnson at the United Methodist Church in Garner. They lived on a farm south of Garner where Dean farmed with his father and brother, Claire. He retired from farming in 1987
and continued to live on the home place. In his retirement Dean and Betty enjoyed spending time at their cabin in the Lake of the Woods. His passion was hunting, fishing and trapping.

He was a lifetime member of the United Methodist Church in Garner.

Dean is survived by his wife, Betty, of Garner; three children, Allen (Marian)Tompkins and their two children, Sarah and Zachary of Clear Lake, Larry (Sandi)Tompkins of Urbandale, Iowa and Beth (Michael) Beaver and son, Gabe Stearns, of
Garner; a brother, Claire (Bettylou) Tompkins of Garner; a niece, Julie(Richard) Bahlmann of Urbandale; and a nephew, Jay Tompkins of Dallas, Texas.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Barbara, March 19, 2000; his parents; and a sister, Ruth Tompkins, in 1935.