Thompson, Mrs.John (Faye) 1917-2004

HAWORTH, THOMPSON, HODNE, TIFFANY, STANNARD, CURTIS, DOBSON

Posted By: Janet M Schuldt (email)
Date: 9/23/2017 at 14:53:58

Mapleton Press, Mapleton, Monona, Iowa Thursday, December 9 2004 Page 5

Services held Dec. 4 for former resident

Funeral services for Faye Thompson, former Mapleton resident, were held December 4 at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Grand Junction, with burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Faye E. Thompson of Grand Junction, Iowa, passed away December 1, 2004, at Israel Family Hospice in Ames. Iowa

Faye Evelyn (Haworth) Thompson was born March 28, 1917, daughter of Nathan and Eva Haworth on a farm near Castana, Iowa. She attended school in Mapleton, Iowa. After high school Faye worked at the Bupane Gas Company in Mapleton and then became Deputy County Auditor in Onawa, Iowa On February 16, 1942. Faye married Jack R. Thompson

To this union were born ten children. Faye and Jack also raised Faye’s younger sister, Sally, following the death of her mother Eva. The family moved to Grand Junction, Iowa, in 1953 and owned and operated Clover Farm Grocery and then Foodland Grocery until retirement in 1980

Faye was active in St Brigid Church and Altar Society, PTA, and El Carmi Club She was a Cub Scout den mother, relig¬ious education teacher, Li¬brary Board trustee, Hospice respite care giver, and volun¬teer for Meals on Wheels In 1976 Faye was honored as an Iowa Merit Mother of the Year Her church directory was recently dedicated to her.

Faye Thompson Faye was preceded in death by her husband Jack in 1983, her parents, three brothers (Richard, Darrel, and Uhl) nephew Nick Hodne. son in law Steve Tiffany, and brother-in-law Don Thompson

Survivors include her children Joan Tiffany, Grand Junction, Becky Thompson Carroll, Iowa, Julie (Tom) Stannar, Ankeny. Iowa. Jack (Jackie) Thompson, Alexandria, Virginia, Mike (Mary) Thompson, Leawood Kansas, Dan (Tina) Thompson, State College, Pennsylvania Doug (Roslyn) Thompson Sigourney, Iowa, Barbara (Mark) Thompson, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Cathy (Stan) Curtis, Ames, Iowa, and Susan (Bart) Dobson. Ames Iowa

She is also survived by her sister, Sally (Ron) Hodne Manning, Iowa, twenty-nine grandchildren and twenty-six great grandchildren.