Mrs. Lula Bechtel Thompson was born in Geneva, Nebraska August 16, 1883. She was one of nine children born to John and Jane Stanley Bechtel.
The Bechtels moved to Earlham when Lula was ten years old. Lula married John J. Thompson and to this union six children were born. Mr. Thompson was a contractor and he built many of the houses in Earlham and surrounding area.
At the time of her death she belonged to the Willard Street Methodist Church in Ottumwa, having transferred her membership from the Earlham Methodist church several years ago.
Mrs. Thompson helped raise three families. She was one of the older members of her parents' family. She raised six children of her own and helped her daughter raise a family.
She leaves in passing five children, seventeen grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Services were held December 24 at the Leeper Funeral Home, Rev. Fotsch officiating. Interment was in the Earlham cemetery. – Earlham Echo, Earlham, Iowa, December 1959
The Bechtels moved to Earlham when Lula was ten years old. Lula married John J. Thompson and to this union six children were born. Mr. Thompson was a contractor and he built many of the houses in Earlham and surrounding area.
At the time of her death she belonged to the Willard Street Methodist Church in Ottumwa, having transferred her membership from the Earlham Methodist church several years ago.
Mrs. Thompson helped raise three families. She was one of the older members of her parents' family. She raised six children of her own and helped her daughter raise a family.
She leaves in passing five children, seventeen grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Services were held December 24 at the Leeper Funeral Home, Rev. Fotsch officiating. Interment was in the Earlham cemetery. – Earlham Echo, Earlham, Iowa, December 1959
Mrs. Lula Bechtel Thompson was born in Geneva, Nebraska August 16, 1883. She was one of nine children born to John and Jane Stanley Bechtel.
The Bechtels moved to Earlham when Lula was ten years old. Lula married John J. Thompson and to this union six children were born. Mr. Thompson was a contractor and he built many of the houses in Earlham and surrounding area.
At the time of her death she belonged to the Willard Street Methodist Church in Ottumwa, having transferred her membership from the Earlham Methodist church several years ago.
Mrs. Thompson helped raise three families. She was one of the older members of her parents' family. She raised six children of her own and helped her daughter raise a family.
She leaves in passing five children, seventeen grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Services were held December 24 at the Leeper Funeral Home, Rev. Fotsch officiating. Interment was in the Earlham cemetery. – Earlham Echo, Earlham, Iowa, December 1959
The Bechtels moved to Earlham when Lula was ten years old. Lula married John J. Thompson and to this union six children were born. Mr. Thompson was a contractor and he built many of the houses in Earlham and surrounding area.
At the time of her death she belonged to the Willard Street Methodist Church in Ottumwa, having transferred her membership from the Earlham Methodist church several years ago.
Mrs. Thompson helped raise three families. She was one of the older members of her parents' family. She raised six children of her own and helped her daughter raise a family.
She leaves in passing five children, seventeen grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Services were held December 24 at the Leeper Funeral Home, Rev. Fotsch officiating. Interment was in the Earlham cemetery. – Earlham Echo, Earlham, Iowa, December 1959
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Lulu B.
Thompson
1883 - 1959
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Lula (Lulu) was the wife of John J. Thompson
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