OBIT: Jack R. THOMPSON, 1989, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ THOMPSON Jack R. Thompson, 68, 210 Quaker Ave., Johnstown, died Dec. 4, 1989, at Memorial Hospital. Born May 18, 1921, in Johnstown, son of the late John H. and Elizabeth (Reed) Thompson. Preceded in death by brothers: Kenneth and Raymond, and a sister, Lillian Orris. Survived by his wife, Faye L. (Layton) Thompson; and these children: Jack R. Jr., South Carolina; Barry, married to Andrea Gillin, Mechanicsburg; Debra, wife of Paul Gelesh, New Jersey; and Robert, Spring, Tex.; also six grandchildren. Brother of Richard, Redmond, Wash.; William, Rockwood; Gene, Johnstown; Beatrice Pierson, Boswell, and Adeline Young, Hollywood, Ha. Member of Moxham Lutheran Church, Johnstown. Retired from U.S. Steel Corp. U.S. Army Veteran. Friends received from 2.4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the John Henderson Co. Funeral Home, 215 Central Ave., Johnstown, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Edward V. DeVore officiating. Interment, Grandview Cemetery. Daily American, December 6, 1989 [T298]