TITLE:   Gertrude C. Thompson, Obituary & Funeral, Dec. 24, 2000

SUBMITTERS:  Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Dec 23 & 29, 2000 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, 2001

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Gertrude C. Thompson 

KITTERY, Maine - Gertrude C. Thompson, 86, of 10 Langton St., died Sunday, 
Dec. 24, 2000, at York Hospital after a long illness. 

Born Jan. 3, 1914, in Kittery Point, she was the daughter of Frank T. and 
Ella May (Sawyer) Waldron and attended Traip Academy. 

She had been employed as a sales clerk and at the lunch counter of 
Woolworth's in Portsmouth, N.H., for many years. She had also worked in the 
Traip Academy lunch department for several years. 

She was a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church of Kittery and the 
Rebekahs. 

She was predeceased by her husband, Harry G. Thompson, who died in 1963; her
son, Richard E. Thompson, who died in 1996; and her daughter, Kathleen M. 
Hersey, who died in 1997. 

Survivors include one brother, Frank T. Waldron of Kittery; a son-in-law, 
Nelson Hersey of Kittery, with whom she resided; six grandchildren; eight 
great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. 

THOMPSON - Gertrude C. Thompson, of Langton Street, Kittery, Maine, died Dec.
24, 2000. Funeral service at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the J.S. Pelkey Funeral 
Home, 125 Old Post Road and U.S. Route 1 Bypass, Kittery. There will be no 
visiting hours. Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made to York 
Hospital, 15 Hospital Drive, York, ME 03909. 

Gertrude C. Thompson 

KITTERY, Maine - Funeral services were held Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2000, for 
Gertrude C. Thompson, 86, of 10 Langton St., Kittery, who died Dec. 24, 2000,
at York Hospital. Services were held at the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 
Old Post Road, Kittery. Opening and closing prayers as well as kind words of 
remembrance were offered by her son-in-law, Nelson Hersey. 

Scriptural readings and other kind words were offered by her family, 
great-grandson Matthew Payne and Mr. Dale Payne. Other words of remembrance
were offered by Dr. Henry Altenberg, a close family friend. The friends and 
family gathered at Yoken's conference center after the service for a time of 
refreshment and sharing. Burial will be in the spring in Orchard Grove 
Cemetery in Kittery.

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