David Lee THOMPSON

THOMPSON, JOHNSON, RAFTUS, HOLCOMB, CAMPBELL, TULLES, GROVER, GRANT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/28/2015 at 13:28:18

July 25, 1973 --- July 12, 2015

David Lee Thompson, age 41, of rural Belmond and Kanawha, passed away Sunday July 12, 2015 at his home. Funeral services for David Lee Thompson will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday July 16, 2015 at the Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick’s Lane South in Belmond. Pastor Nicole Woodley of First Lutheran Church in Clarion will officiate. Military Honors will be conducted at the funeral home by the Belmond Honor Guard. Visitation for David Lee Thompson will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Wednesday July 15, 2015 at the funeral home in Belmond, and will continue for one hour prior to services on Thursday. Memorials may be made in David Lee Thompson’s name to the family.

David was born July 25, 1973 in Paso Robles, CA to Kenneth Lee and Donna Johnson Thompson. They moved to Eagle Grove, IA in 1975 where David attended school and graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1991. David enlisted in the United States Marine Corp where he would serve for six years. David met Roxanne Raftus while serving their country. They moved back to Iowa after they were honorably discharged from the Marine Corp. David worked for Frigidaire in Webster City, then later at Eaton in Belmond. After Roxanne’s death, David was a stay at home father, for Nicholas and Haley for a time. He began working again at Silgan containers, where he was employed at the time of his passing. David was a very good and proud father. He closely followed them in all their sporting and school activities. David was united in marriage to Candetia Holcomb on July 6, 2015. David had recently been baptized by Pastor Nicole Woodley, along with his two children.

David is survived by wife Candetia, son Nicholas Raftus of Goodell, daughter Haley Thompson at home, step-son Austin Holcomb at home, mother Donna Thompson of Belmond, two sisters Samantha Campbell and Jason of Waterloo, Lori Tulles and Gabriel of Salina, KS, brother William (Bill) Thompson and Georgia Grover of Spencer, step-brother Scott Thompson, step-sister Kellie Grant and numerous other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his father Kenneth Lee and his wife Roxanne.

DUGGER FUNERAL HOME -- Belmond, Iowa
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