OBITUARY: Elaine K. (Eggen) Thompson, 1932-1981, Mitchell County, Iowa

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, 30 APR 1981]


             Elaine K. Thompson Funeral Held Monday, April 13

  Funeral services for Mrs. Elaine K. Thompson, 48, of Caledonia, Minn.,
who died April 10 at the Caledonia hospital, were held April 13 at the
Immanuel Lutheran church in Caledonia with the Rev. Rolf Storlie
officiating.

  Services were also held that afternoon at Six Mile Grove Lutheran church,
rural Lyle, with the Rev. Gaylord Grant officiating.

  Elaine Eggen Thompson was born December 21, 1932 near Lyle, the daughter
of Walter and Clarise (Hanson) Eggen.

  She was baptized and confirmed in Six Mile Grove Lutheran church and was
a graduate of Lyle high school. She worked as a telephone operator, parish
secretary in Lyle and legal secretary in Austin before attending Luther
College, Decorah. Also she was a parish worker in Calvary Lutheran church
in Haina, Hawaii.

  She married Harold Thompson July 12, 1957 in Six Mile Grove Lutheran
church. Two children were born to them.

  Mrs. Thompson is survived by her husband, Harold; her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Eggen of Lyle; one son, Jeffrey Thompson; and one daughter,
Julie Thompson, both of Winona, Minn.; one sister, Beverly Lee of Mankato,
Minn.; nieces and nephews.

  Burial was in Six Mile Grove Lutheran cemetery.

  CORRECTION:
  In the obituary of Mrs. Elaine K. Thompson in last week's Enterprise, one
of her survivors, a brother, Merle Eggen of Milwaukee, Wis., was omitted.


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