OBITUARIES:   Andrew THOMPSON, Cumberland, Barron County, WI

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ANDREW THOMPSON

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM at East Cumberland Lutheran 
Church for Andrew Thompson, Section Ten, who died Tuesday morning at the age 
of 90 years.

SECTION TEN PIONEER BURIED HERE SEPT. 17 ANDREW THOMPSON, 90, COMMUNITY 
RESIDENT SINCE 1883

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, September 17 at the East 
Cumberland Lutheran Church for Andrew Thompson, 90, pioneer resident of 
Section Ten.

Andrew Hendrick Thompson was born in Norway, March 18, 1864. He came to 
America at the age of 19 years and settled in Cumberland where he has since 
made his home.

In 1889 he was united in marriage Ingeborg Agen, who passed away on November 
20, 1896. On April 10, 1898, he was married to Martine Orgedahl Hanson.

There were six daughters and seven sons. They are Mrs. Christ Mathison 
(Lydia), Cumberland; Mrs. Milen Sletten (Amanda), Superior; Mrs. Albert 
Kindel (Nora), Superior; Milla Thompson, missionary in Madagascar; Mrs. Art 
Sandve (Thelma), Cumberland; Helen Thompson, at home; Otto Thompson, 
Cumberland; Tollef Thompson, Avon, South Dakota; Ingvald Thompson, Superior;
Steven Thompson, Jens Thompson, Cumberland; Arnold Thompson of Barron, 
Bernard Thompson, Omaha, Nebraska.

Mr. Thompson was a charter member of the East Cumberland Lutheran Church and 
served as janitor and sexton of the congregation for many years. He also 
served as a deacon and assisted in the work of the Sunday School.

He is survived by all his children, 28 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, 
two great-great grandchildren, and one elder brother, Brede Thompson of 
Springfield, South Dakota.

Pall bearers were six grandsons: Glen Sandve, Eugene and Willard Mathison, 
Roderick Thompson, Howard Sletten, and Floyd Thompson.

--From the Cumberland Advocate, Thursday, September 16, 1954