Eugene Taylor Thompson, born August 26, 1944, in San Bernardino, California, to Elmer Taylor Thompson and Margaret Marie Dawson,passed away on November 2, 2018,in Gilbert, Arizona, from PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy), a brain disease that robbed him of his speech, mobility, and expression, but never his good humor.
Gene graduated from Brigham Young University, Magna Cum Laude. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Eugene taught rigorous courses at Ricks College/BYU-Idaho for over 30 years: Religion, English, History, Letters, Humanities and Honors. He participated in and taught classes while on Discovery, an off-campus adventure for students to explore the wilderness while studying various subjects, and Mormon Americana tours of the Church of Jesus Christ’s historical sites along with the early American historical venues. He was a Special Instructor for the Brigham Young University Classics Department teaching Greek and Latin courses, and, as a graduate student at the University of Washington, he taught classes in the same languages.
In life, he was a man filled with unbounded determination and one anxiously engaged in a good cause. An avid genealogist indexing tens of thousands of records and a fervent student of the scriptures, Eugene also kept a daily journal for over 50 years, capturing his family, co-workers, and daily life. He served a mission in Chile in 1968 to 1970 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He wants to be remembered as a man who chose faith and who kept his covenants.
Gene has published various articles and papers for publications and academic journals, but a highlight in his life was the work he did while researching and writing for the Brigham Young University centennial history, a four-volume history of BYU entitled, Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years. He worked closely with Ernest L. Wilkinson, editor, and James R. Clark on this committee.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Lyman, brothers, Larry Gene (Carolyn Snapp, deceased) and Michael Paul (Jennifer Polley) Thompson and sister Carol Lynn (Kim C. Christensen), his two sister-in-laws Gayle Lyman (Paul J. Sewell) and Marsha Lyman (KennethF. Hildebrandt) as well as, his four children: Eugene Todd (Kristen A. Peterson), Courtney Dione (Cade W. Spaulding), Ida Whitney (Renn S. Christensen), and Mark Austin Lyman (Jennifer H. Eitelgeorge), his 16 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services will be held on Friday, November 9, 2018, at 12 Noon at the Rexburg Fourth Ward, with a viewing to be held from 11:00 -11:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande, Oregon.08/
Gene graduated from Brigham Young University, Magna Cum Laude. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Eugene taught rigorous courses at Ricks College/BYU-Idaho for over 30 years: Religion, English, History, Letters, Humanities and Honors. He participated in and taught classes while on Discovery, an off-campus adventure for students to explore the wilderness while studying various subjects, and Mormon Americana tours of the Church of Jesus Christ’s historical sites along with the early American historical venues. He was a Special Instructor for the Brigham Young University Classics Department teaching Greek and Latin courses, and, as a graduate student at the University of Washington, he taught classes in the same languages.
In life, he was a man filled with unbounded determination and one anxiously engaged in a good cause. An avid genealogist indexing tens of thousands of records and a fervent student of the scriptures, Eugene also kept a daily journal for over 50 years, capturing his family, co-workers, and daily life. He served a mission in Chile in 1968 to 1970 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He wants to be remembered as a man who chose faith and who kept his covenants.
Gene has published various articles and papers for publications and academic journals, but a highlight in his life was the work he did while researching and writing for the Brigham Young University centennial history, a four-volume history of BYU entitled, Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years. He worked closely with Ernest L. Wilkinson, editor, and James R. Clark on this committee.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Lyman, brothers, Larry Gene (Carolyn Snapp, deceased) and Michael Paul (Jennifer Polley) Thompson and sister Carol Lynn (Kim C. Christensen), his two sister-in-laws Gayle Lyman (Paul J. Sewell) and Marsha Lyman (KennethF. Hildebrandt) as well as, his four children: Eugene Todd (Kristen A. Peterson), Courtney Dione (Cade W. Spaulding), Ida Whitney (Renn S. Christensen), and Mark Austin Lyman (Jennifer H. Eitelgeorge), his 16 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services will be held on Friday, November 9, 2018, at 12 Noon at the Rexburg Fourth Ward, with a viewing to be held from 11:00 -11:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande, Oregon.08/
Eugene Taylor Thompson, born August 26, 1944, in San Bernardino, California, to Elmer Taylor Thompson and Margaret Marie Dawson,passed away on November 2, 2018,in Gilbert, Arizona, from PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy), a brain disease that robbed him of his speech, mobility, and expression, but never his good humor.
Gene graduated from Brigham Young University, Magna Cum Laude. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Eugene taught rigorous courses at Ricks College/BYU-Idaho for over 30 years: Religion, English, History, Letters, Humanities and Honors. He participated in and taught classes while on Discovery, an off-campus adventure for students to explore the wilderness while studying various subjects, and Mormon Americana tours of the Church of Jesus Christ’s historical sites along with the early American historical venues. He was a Special Instructor for the Brigham Young University Classics Department teaching Greek and Latin courses, and, as a graduate student at the University of Washington, he taught classes in the same languages.
In life, he was a man filled with unbounded determination and one anxiously engaged in a good cause. An avid genealogist indexing tens of thousands of records and a fervent student of the scriptures, Eugene also kept a daily journal for over 50 years, capturing his family, co-workers, and daily life. He served a mission in Chile in 1968 to 1970 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He wants to be remembered as a man who chose faith and who kept his covenants.
Gene has published various articles and papers for publications and academic journals, but a highlight in his life was the work he did while researching and writing for the Brigham Young University centennial history, a four-volume history of BYU entitled, Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years. He worked closely with Ernest L. Wilkinson, editor, and James R. Clark on this committee.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Lyman, brothers, Larry Gene (Carolyn Snapp, deceased) and Michael Paul (Jennifer Polley) Thompson and sister Carol Lynn (Kim C. Christensen), his two sister-in-laws Gayle Lyman (Paul J. Sewell) and Marsha Lyman (KennethF. Hildebrandt) as well as, his four children: Eugene Todd (Kristen A. Peterson), Courtney Dione (Cade W. Spaulding), Ida Whitney (Renn S. Christensen), and Mark Austin Lyman (Jennifer H. Eitelgeorge), his 16 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services will be held on Friday, November 9, 2018, at 12 Noon at the Rexburg Fourth Ward, with a viewing to be held from 11:00 -11:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande, Oregon.08/
Gene graduated from Brigham Young University, Magna Cum Laude. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Eugene taught rigorous courses at Ricks College/BYU-Idaho for over 30 years: Religion, English, History, Letters, Humanities and Honors. He participated in and taught classes while on Discovery, an off-campus adventure for students to explore the wilderness while studying various subjects, and Mormon Americana tours of the Church of Jesus Christ’s historical sites along with the early American historical venues. He was a Special Instructor for the Brigham Young University Classics Department teaching Greek and Latin courses, and, as a graduate student at the University of Washington, he taught classes in the same languages.
In life, he was a man filled with unbounded determination and one anxiously engaged in a good cause. An avid genealogist indexing tens of thousands of records and a fervent student of the scriptures, Eugene also kept a daily journal for over 50 years, capturing his family, co-workers, and daily life. He served a mission in Chile in 1968 to 1970 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He wants to be remembered as a man who chose faith and who kept his covenants.
Gene has published various articles and papers for publications and academic journals, but a highlight in his life was the work he did while researching and writing for the Brigham Young University centennial history, a four-volume history of BYU entitled, Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years. He worked closely with Ernest L. Wilkinson, editor, and James R. Clark on this committee.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Lyman, brothers, Larry Gene (Carolyn Snapp, deceased) and Michael Paul (Jennifer Polley) Thompson and sister Carol Lynn (Kim C. Christensen), his two sister-in-laws Gayle Lyman (Paul J. Sewell) and Marsha Lyman (KennethF. Hildebrandt) as well as, his four children: Eugene Todd (Kristen A. Peterson), Courtney Dione (Cade W. Spaulding), Ida Whitney (Renn S. Christensen), and Mark Austin Lyman (Jennifer H. Eitelgeorge), his 16 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services will be held on Friday, November 9, 2018, at 12 Noon at the Rexburg Fourth Ward, with a viewing to be held from 11:00 -11:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande, Oregon.08/
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