Argyll Thompson (1908-2005)

THOMPSON, GAARD, CHINNOCK, RUDD, ANDERSON, MIX, PLETCHER, PITCHER, IRISH

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 10/13/2005 at 07:41:06

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, October 12, 2005.

Argyll Rutherford Thompson, 97, of Nevada died Saturday, Oct. 8, at Story County Medical Center in Nevada. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Central Presbyterian Church in Nevada with the Rev. Scott Milsom officiating. Burial will be in Nevada Municipal Cemetery.

Argyll was born July 14, 1908, in Roland to Oscar and Clara (Gaard) Thompson. After graduating from Roland High School, he attended the Des Moines College of Pharmacy and graduated from the Drake College of Pharmacy in 1930 as a registered pharmacist. He worked in Webster City and Boone pharmacies before working several years for W.L. Tipton & Sons in Nevada. He married Wilma Frush Aug. 11, 1942, in Fremont, Neb. They purchased a Rexall Drug Store from Casey Ebert, which they owned and operated for many years in Nevada before he retired in July 1973. After retirement, he worked as a relief pharmacist for several pharmacists in central Iowa.

He was a charter member of the Nevada Lions Club, member of Central Presbyterian Church, and a former member of the Nevada Chamber of Commerce. He continued his membership in the Nevada Lions Club and recently was honored with a 57-year membership certificate when his fellow Lions Club members held a special meeting in the hospital cafeteria so that Argyll could attend a genuine meeting and accept the certificate.

His interests included old and new automobiles, building models, travel by car and airplane and sports, especially baseball. He called play-by-play for baseball games at the Billy Sunday Field in Nevada.

He is survived by one sister, Maxine (Ed) Chinnock of Andover, Minn.; five nieces, Karen (Art) Rudd of Anoka, Minn., Rose Mary (Bob) Anderson and Margie Mix of Pleasantville, Judy Pletcher and Claudia (Warren) Pitcher of West Des Moines; two nephews, Robert (Rorie) Chinnock of Victoria, Minn., and James (Julie) Irish of Moline, Ill.; and extended family and a host of friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife, Wilma, of 62 years on May 18, 2004.

Visitation will be Wednesday, Oct. 12, with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m.. at Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada. The family also will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 a.m. prior to the service Thursday at Central Presbyterian Church in Nevada.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Nevada Lions Club.

Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada is in charge of arrangements.

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