THOMPSON, Mary Elizabeth (1915-2001)

THOMPSON, KISSELL, AWE, MCLAUGHLIN, PLILEY, DOGOTCH, LEE, STRONG, LEHRMANN, TURNBULL, FARNSWORTH

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 7/20/2013 at 12:11:09

MARY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

VENTURA - Mary Elizabeth Thompson, 85, of Ventura, died Monday (Jan. 1, 2001) at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Randy Vaage officiating. Burial will be in the Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today and one hour prior to service time on Thursday at the chapel.

The family of Mary Elizabeth Thompson has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Mary Elizabeth Thompson Memorial Fund in her memory.

Mary Elizabeth Thompson was born on Nov. 9, 1915, in Rockford, the daughter of Earl and Edith Kissell and later stepdaughter of Art Awe. She attended and received her education in the Rockford school system.

Mary was united in marriage to Ray Thompson on May 3, 1931, in Mason City. He preceded her in death on May 10, 1995. After their marriage they lived in Mason City until 1948, when they moved to Belmond.

While living in Belmond, Mary cooked at the Town House Café and Aldeson's Café.

In 1968, they moved to Ventura where they owned and operated Elm Bend Resort and Café on Clear Lake.

Mary became known for her cinnamon rolls, which she loved to share with her children and grandchildren. They moved back to Belmond for a few years before moving back to Ventura in 1976, where she still lived.

Mary and her husband, Ray, shared a passion for fishing, snowmobiling and going to the park. Mary loved to work with her flowers in the house and the garden and feed the birds - a joy she shared with her grandson, Jon, from Australia.

As an avid Hawkeye fan, she never missed a game. It was a treat when her granddaughter, Kelli, would come out and play cards with her. In her quiet times you would find Mary crocheting or playing her handheld solitaire game.

Left to cherish her memory are her three Children, Ramona "Mona" McLaughlin and her husband, Joe, of Belmond, Marlys Pliley and her husband, Bob, of Ventura, and Dan Thompson and his wife, Dee, of Clear Lake; eight Grandchildren, Joey McLaughlin and his wife, Renee, of Belmond, Jon McLaughlin of Melborne,
Australia, Tony McLaughlin and his wife, Gayla, of Belmond, Mark McLaughlin and his wife, Patti, of Clear Lake, Diana (Pliley) and her husband, Ron Dogotch, of Houston, Texas, Jeff Pliley, of Cold Springs, Minn., Annette (Thompson) and her
husband, David Lee, of Des Moines, and Kelli Thompson, of Clear Lake; 11 great-grandchildren, Erin (McLaughlin) Strong, Chris Philben, Amanda Philben, Tonisha McLaughlin, Chase McLaughlin, Jordon McLaughlin, Zacharia McLaughlin, Heather (Dogotch) and her husband, Jeff Lehrmann, Amanda Dogotch, Kim Dogotch, and Heidi Dogotch.

Besides her husband, Ray, she was also preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Leona Turnbull and Helen Farnsworth.