OBITUARY: Urania L. Thompson, Worth County, Iowa


                           Urania L. Thompson

[ The Northwood Anchor - July 09, 2002 - www.northwoodanchor.com ]

Urania L. Thompson, 91, Albert Lea, MN, formerly of Northwood, died Monday,
July 1, 2002, at the St. John's Lutheran Home in Albert Lea, MN.

Funeral services were Friday at the Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood,
with Rev. Allan Stoa officiating. Burial was at the Sunset Rest Cemetery,
Northwood.

Urania was born on Sept. 12, 1910 in Sterling, Alberta, Canada to George and
Ada (Sumpter) Lockie. She went to Cut Bank, Montana and Riceville, IA with
her parents. She finished high school and started to teach in Howard County.
Later she went to work in Mason City in a fabric store. At that time she met
Ernest and later they were married. They lived on a farm near Northwood for
several years and then moved into town until his death April 29, 1991.
After his death she sold their home and moved to Knutson Place in Albert Lea.
During June 1995 she became ill and moved into St. John's Lutheran Home in
Albert Lea, MN. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Northwood.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Ernest; two children Doris
and James; one sister and one brother.

Survivors include her brother, Charles Lockie of Dewey, AZ; several
grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Luella Thompson of Albert Lea, MN.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements.





Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.)

This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.

****************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in 
any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons.  
Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the
written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the
submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this
consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to
store the file permanently for free access.
****************************************************************************