Russell R. Thompson, 58, a prominent Elroy farmer, died Sunday, June 16, 1968, in a Madison hospital after brain surgery.
Born on a farm west of Elroy, he was employed as a fieldman for the Wisconsin Dairies, Union Center. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Juneau County Board for 21 years and served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for 15 years. He was a member of the National Holstein Assn, and the Elroy Fair Board and was a cattle judge.
Survivors are his wife, the former Beulah Vieth; two sons, Wayne Lexington, N.C.; Dale, stationed in Germany; a daughter, Suann, at home; four brothers, Dr. Roland and Clayton, Elroy; Arthur, Red Granite; and Gerald, Burbank, Calif; four sisters, Mrs. Alice Buchanan, Mauston; Mrs. Harry Heding Sr. and Mrs. Ray Heding, Union Center; and Mrs. Clayton Custer, Madison; and four grandchildren.
The funeral was a 2 p.m. Tuesday in Elroy Community Church. Friends called at the Zenner Funeral Home.
Contributor: Dan & Eileen Hogan (47836154) • [email protected]
Russell R. Thompson, 58, a prominent Elroy farmer, died Sunday, June 16, 1968, in a Madison hospital after brain surgery.
Born on a farm west of Elroy, he was employed as a fieldman for the Wisconsin Dairies, Union Center. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Juneau County Board for 21 years and served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for 15 years. He was a member of the National Holstein Assn, and the Elroy Fair Board and was a cattle judge.
Survivors are his wife, the former Beulah Vieth; two sons, Wayne Lexington, N.C.; Dale, stationed in Germany; a daughter, Suann, at home; four brothers, Dr. Roland and Clayton, Elroy; Arthur, Red Granite; and Gerald, Burbank, Calif; four sisters, Mrs. Alice Buchanan, Mauston; Mrs. Harry Heding Sr. and Mrs. Ray Heding, Union Center; and Mrs. Clayton Custer, Madison; and four grandchildren.
The funeral was a 2 p.m. Tuesday in Elroy Community Church. Friends called at the Zenner Funeral Home.
Contributor: Dan & Eileen Hogan (47836154) • [email protected]
Family Members
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Roland Lewis Thompson
1892–1970
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Arthur O. Thompson
1893–1974
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Leila Adele Thompson Heding
1894–1971
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Helen Naomi Thompson Heding
1896–1969
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Harold Thompson
1898–1899
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Howard Reginal Thompson
1900–1931
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Clayton Elmer Thompson
1901–1978
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Gerald Adelbert Thompson
1905–1973
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Genevieve Marie Thompson
1905–1905
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Ester Thompson
1905–1905
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Alice Margaret Thompson Buchanan
1906–1987
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Avis Mary Thompson Custer
1908–1979
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