Marian E. Tompkins 1921-2013

TOMPKINS, KUSSER, HILLIARD

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/18/2013 at 12:23:01

Sioux City Journal
16 January 2013

SIOUX CITY | Marian E. Tompkins, 91, of Sioux City passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. today at St. Boniface Catholic Church, with the Rev. Michael Erpelding officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be sent at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Marian was born Feb. 5, 1921, in Sioux City to George E. and Mary Agnes (Kusser) Hilliard. She graduated from Central High School in 1939. After graduation, she worked periodically as a secretary and legal secretary until the mid-1960s, when she turned her focus to her family, being a devoted wife, mother and homemaker.

She married Fred "Fritz" Charles Tompkins on Nov. 26, 1941, at St. Michael Catholic Church in South Sioux City. He died May 8, 1991, in Sioux City.

Marian loved bowling, crossword puzzles, listening to Randy Renshaw on the radio and babysitting her favorite dog, Millie.

She was a longtime member of St. Boniface Catholic Church.

Survivors include her three daughters, Mary (Richard) Wilber of Lubbock, Texas, Helen Garrels of Sioux City and Inez (Kirk) Meyer of Sioux City; and three grandchildren, Nicole (Craig) Johnson, Karlton Meyer and Natalie Garrels (special friend John Quade).

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and three brothers, Simon, Paul and Henry Hilliard.

Memorials may be directed to a charity of donor's choice.