Ligonier Leader, Jan. 1936:
Funeral Services were held Wednesday afternoon
Stricken with apoplexy on Tuesday evening, December 17, while listening to his radio, Edwin G. Thompson, founder of the Ligonier Leader, and editor of this newspaper since its first issue in the Spring of 1880, died at his home on Martin Street, Sunday, January 6, 1936, at 4:00 o'clock p.m. His condition at first was not considered serious, but the paralysis, following the stroke, gradually spread over his body and death followed. He was 81 years and 10 days of age.
Born in Clearfield County, Pa., on December 26, 1854, the son of Stacy W. and Elizabeth Thompson, he spent his early childhood on a farm near Clearfield, Pa., where he acquired the rudiments of an education, later by self-education, advancing far enough to become a teacher.
At the age of 14, with his brothers, Stacy, Jr. and Byron, he started westward, locating first in Michigan, where he served a three-year's apprenticeship as a printer. Continuing in the printing business, he held positions on newspapers in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa, finally locating in Sturgis, Michigan, where in 1879, he was engaged in publishing the Saturday Evening Leader.
Prominent republicans in Ligonier induced him to move to this city and start a newspaper, and on June 4th, 1880, the first issue of The Ligonier Leader was published under his editorship with a circulation of 600 copies. The newspaper was a success from the start and has continued to be so.
Mr. Thompson continued as editor of The Ligonier Leader until 1920, when he entered into partnership with his youngest son, Leland, and the paper as since been published under the editorship of E.G. Thompson and Son. The Leader was first located in the Ackerman Building in the second floor room, now occupied by the office of Dr. F.N. Stratton. In 1882 the office was moved to the second floor of the Schrock building at Second and Calvin streets, then just completed, where it remained until February 1928, when Mr. Thompson and his sons purchased the Woodruff building opposite the former location, moving to the first floor of that building, where they have since remained.
On November 27, 1874, he was united in marriage with Esther M. Barnes in Fenton, Mich., and to them was born one son, Wilbur. Mrs. Thompson died August 1, 1879, and on December 8, 1881, he was united in marriage with Ella Kennedy at Sturgis, Mich. There were five children born to them, Martha, Grace, James, Edwin G., Jr., (Ted), Leland and Herbert. Herbert died in infancy, Ted at the age of 7 years and Martha in 1927, following a short illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Thompson died in the fall of 1929, and Mr. Thompson, with the exception of one year spent in the home of his son, Leland, has continued to live at his Martin Street home with Miss Ardath Furst as his housekeeper, who in those years has given him the affection, care and comfort of a daughter. His appreciations of a family and the younger generation was an outstanding characteristic of his life, and in 1913, with all his children gone from home, he and Mrs. Thompson took into their home a young friend, Miss Matilda Reimer, of Chicago, who remained with them several years, graduating from the high school here.
He was a member of the Methodist Church of Sturgis, Mich., and during his residence here was a loyal and devoted worker in the Methodist Church of this city, being a member of the Board of Trustees for the past 50 years. He never held any public office except for two terms when he served on the Ligonier School Board, and two terms as Secretary of the Indiana Editorial Association, but his life was spent in devotion to the highest and best principles of good citizenship, and he worked untiringly for the things that would tend to make Ligonier a better place in which to live. He was a charter member of the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce, but for the past three years had been inactive in the affairs of that organization because of his declining health.
He was a loyal Republican, casting his first vote for Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, and never missed voting at any election following that time. He devoted his time, talents and business to the Republican party, and for this he received no reward other than the knowledge of a work well and honestly done to the best of his ability.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, from the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Rev. G.H. Bachelor, a close personal friend, and Rev. C.C. Wischmeier, officiating. Burial was made in Oak Park Cemetery.
Surviving relatives include one daughter, Mrs. F.E. Pfeiffer, of Washington, D.C., three sons, Wilbur H. Thompson, of Dayton, O., James S. Thompson, of New York City, and Leland K. Thompson, of this city; one brother, Stacy C. Thompson, of Manistee, Michigan, and one sister, Mrs. M.A. Johnson, of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Pall bearers at his funeral were Leland Calbeck, Elmo Weaver, Leon Wertheimer, Herbert Sisterhen, Will Green and Curtis Hutchison, all boyhood friends of his three sons and whose families had been personal friends of Mr. Thompson and family during his life here.
Funeral Services were held Wednesday afternoon
Stricken with apoplexy on Tuesday evening, December 17, while listening to his radio, Edwin G. Thompson, founder of the Ligonier Leader, and editor of this newspaper since its first issue in the Spring of 1880, died at his home on Martin Street, Sunday, January 6, 1936, at 4:00 o'clock p.m. His condition at first was not considered serious, but the paralysis, following the stroke, gradually spread over his body and death followed. He was 81 years and 10 days of age.
Born in Clearfield County, Pa., on December 26, 1854, the son of Stacy W. and Elizabeth Thompson, he spent his early childhood on a farm near Clearfield, Pa., where he acquired the rudiments of an education, later by self-education, advancing far enough to become a teacher.
At the age of 14, with his brothers, Stacy, Jr. and Byron, he started westward, locating first in Michigan, where he served a three-year's apprenticeship as a printer. Continuing in the printing business, he held positions on newspapers in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa, finally locating in Sturgis, Michigan, where in 1879, he was engaged in publishing the Saturday Evening Leader.
Prominent republicans in Ligonier induced him to move to this city and start a newspaper, and on June 4th, 1880, the first issue of The Ligonier Leader was published under his editorship with a circulation of 600 copies. The newspaper was a success from the start and has continued to be so.
Mr. Thompson continued as editor of The Ligonier Leader until 1920, when he entered into partnership with his youngest son, Leland, and the paper as since been published under the editorship of E.G. Thompson and Son. The Leader was first located in the Ackerman Building in the second floor room, now occupied by the office of Dr. F.N. Stratton. In 1882 the office was moved to the second floor of the Schrock building at Second and Calvin streets, then just completed, where it remained until February 1928, when Mr. Thompson and his sons purchased the Woodruff building opposite the former location, moving to the first floor of that building, where they have since remained.
On November 27, 1874, he was united in marriage with Esther M. Barnes in Fenton, Mich., and to them was born one son, Wilbur. Mrs. Thompson died August 1, 1879, and on December 8, 1881, he was united in marriage with Ella Kennedy at Sturgis, Mich. There were five children born to them, Martha, Grace, James, Edwin G., Jr., (Ted), Leland and Herbert. Herbert died in infancy, Ted at the age of 7 years and Martha in 1927, following a short illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Thompson died in the fall of 1929, and Mr. Thompson, with the exception of one year spent in the home of his son, Leland, has continued to live at his Martin Street home with Miss Ardath Furst as his housekeeper, who in those years has given him the affection, care and comfort of a daughter. His appreciations of a family and the younger generation was an outstanding characteristic of his life, and in 1913, with all his children gone from home, he and Mrs. Thompson took into their home a young friend, Miss Matilda Reimer, of Chicago, who remained with them several years, graduating from the high school here.
He was a member of the Methodist Church of Sturgis, Mich., and during his residence here was a loyal and devoted worker in the Methodist Church of this city, being a member of the Board of Trustees for the past 50 years. He never held any public office except for two terms when he served on the Ligonier School Board, and two terms as Secretary of the Indiana Editorial Association, but his life was spent in devotion to the highest and best principles of good citizenship, and he worked untiringly for the things that would tend to make Ligonier a better place in which to live. He was a charter member of the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce, but for the past three years had been inactive in the affairs of that organization because of his declining health.
He was a loyal Republican, casting his first vote for Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, and never missed voting at any election following that time. He devoted his time, talents and business to the Republican party, and for this he received no reward other than the knowledge of a work well and honestly done to the best of his ability.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, from the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Rev. G.H. Bachelor, a close personal friend, and Rev. C.C. Wischmeier, officiating. Burial was made in Oak Park Cemetery.
Surviving relatives include one daughter, Mrs. F.E. Pfeiffer, of Washington, D.C., three sons, Wilbur H. Thompson, of Dayton, O., James S. Thompson, of New York City, and Leland K. Thompson, of this city; one brother, Stacy C. Thompson, of Manistee, Michigan, and one sister, Mrs. M.A. Johnson, of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Pall bearers at his funeral were Leland Calbeck, Elmo Weaver, Leon Wertheimer, Herbert Sisterhen, Will Green and Curtis Hutchison, all boyhood friends of his three sons and whose families had been personal friends of Mr. Thompson and family during his life here.
Ligonier Leader, Jan. 1936:
Funeral Services were held Wednesday afternoon
Stricken with apoplexy on Tuesday evening, December 17, while listening to his radio, Edwin G. Thompson, founder of the Ligonier Leader, and editor of this newspaper since its first issue in the Spring of 1880, died at his home on Martin Street, Sunday, January 6, 1936, at 4:00 o'clock p.m. His condition at first was not considered serious, but the paralysis, following the stroke, gradually spread over his body and death followed. He was 81 years and 10 days of age.
Born in Clearfield County, Pa., on December 26, 1854, the son of Stacy W. and Elizabeth Thompson, he spent his early childhood on a farm near Clearfield, Pa., where he acquired the rudiments of an education, later by self-education, advancing far enough to become a teacher.
At the age of 14, with his brothers, Stacy, Jr. and Byron, he started westward, locating first in Michigan, where he served a three-year's apprenticeship as a printer. Continuing in the printing business, he held positions on newspapers in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa, finally locating in Sturgis, Michigan, where in 1879, he was engaged in publishing the Saturday Evening Leader.
Prominent republicans in Ligonier induced him to move to this city and start a newspaper, and on June 4th, 1880, the first issue of The Ligonier Leader was published under his editorship with a circulation of 600 copies. The newspaper was a success from the start and has continued to be so.
Mr. Thompson continued as editor of The Ligonier Leader until 1920, when he entered into partnership with his youngest son, Leland, and the paper as since been published under the editorship of E.G. Thompson and Son. The Leader was first located in the Ackerman Building in the second floor room, now occupied by the office of Dr. F.N. Stratton. In 1882 the office was moved to the second floor of the Schrock building at Second and Calvin streets, then just completed, where it remained until February 1928, when Mr. Thompson and his sons purchased the Woodruff building opposite the former location, moving to the first floor of that building, where they have since remained.
On November 27, 1874, he was united in marriage with Esther M. Barnes in Fenton, Mich., and to them was born one son, Wilbur. Mrs. Thompson died August 1, 1879, and on December 8, 1881, he was united in marriage with Ella Kennedy at Sturgis, Mich. There were five children born to them, Martha, Grace, James, Edwin G., Jr., (Ted), Leland and Herbert. Herbert died in infancy, Ted at the age of 7 years and Martha in 1927, following a short illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Thompson died in the fall of 1929, and Mr. Thompson, with the exception of one year spent in the home of his son, Leland, has continued to live at his Martin Street home with Miss Ardath Furst as his housekeeper, who in those years has given him the affection, care and comfort of a daughter. His appreciations of a family and the younger generation was an outstanding characteristic of his life, and in 1913, with all his children gone from home, he and Mrs. Thompson took into their home a young friend, Miss Matilda Reimer, of Chicago, who remained with them several years, graduating from the high school here.
He was a member of the Methodist Church of Sturgis, Mich., and during his residence here was a loyal and devoted worker in the Methodist Church of this city, being a member of the Board of Trustees for the past 50 years. He never held any public office except for two terms when he served on the Ligonier School Board, and two terms as Secretary of the Indiana Editorial Association, but his life was spent in devotion to the highest and best principles of good citizenship, and he worked untiringly for the things that would tend to make Ligonier a better place in which to live. He was a charter member of the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce, but for the past three years had been inactive in the affairs of that organization because of his declining health.
He was a loyal Republican, casting his first vote for Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, and never missed voting at any election following that time. He devoted his time, talents and business to the Republican party, and for this he received no reward other than the knowledge of a work well and honestly done to the best of his ability.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, from the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Rev. G.H. Bachelor, a close personal friend, and Rev. C.C. Wischmeier, officiating. Burial was made in Oak Park Cemetery.
Surviving relatives include one daughter, Mrs. F.E. Pfeiffer, of Washington, D.C., three sons, Wilbur H. Thompson, of Dayton, O., James S. Thompson, of New York City, and Leland K. Thompson, of this city; one brother, Stacy C. Thompson, of Manistee, Michigan, and one sister, Mrs. M.A. Johnson, of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Pall bearers at his funeral were Leland Calbeck, Elmo Weaver, Leon Wertheimer, Herbert Sisterhen, Will Green and Curtis Hutchison, all boyhood friends of his three sons and whose families had been personal friends of Mr. Thompson and family during his life here.
Funeral Services were held Wednesday afternoon
Stricken with apoplexy on Tuesday evening, December 17, while listening to his radio, Edwin G. Thompson, founder of the Ligonier Leader, and editor of this newspaper since its first issue in the Spring of 1880, died at his home on Martin Street, Sunday, January 6, 1936, at 4:00 o'clock p.m. His condition at first was not considered serious, but the paralysis, following the stroke, gradually spread over his body and death followed. He was 81 years and 10 days of age.
Born in Clearfield County, Pa., on December 26, 1854, the son of Stacy W. and Elizabeth Thompson, he spent his early childhood on a farm near Clearfield, Pa., where he acquired the rudiments of an education, later by self-education, advancing far enough to become a teacher.
At the age of 14, with his brothers, Stacy, Jr. and Byron, he started westward, locating first in Michigan, where he served a three-year's apprenticeship as a printer. Continuing in the printing business, he held positions on newspapers in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa, finally locating in Sturgis, Michigan, where in 1879, he was engaged in publishing the Saturday Evening Leader.
Prominent republicans in Ligonier induced him to move to this city and start a newspaper, and on June 4th, 1880, the first issue of The Ligonier Leader was published under his editorship with a circulation of 600 copies. The newspaper was a success from the start and has continued to be so.
Mr. Thompson continued as editor of The Ligonier Leader until 1920, when he entered into partnership with his youngest son, Leland, and the paper as since been published under the editorship of E.G. Thompson and Son. The Leader was first located in the Ackerman Building in the second floor room, now occupied by the office of Dr. F.N. Stratton. In 1882 the office was moved to the second floor of the Schrock building at Second and Calvin streets, then just completed, where it remained until February 1928, when Mr. Thompson and his sons purchased the Woodruff building opposite the former location, moving to the first floor of that building, where they have since remained.
On November 27, 1874, he was united in marriage with Esther M. Barnes in Fenton, Mich., and to them was born one son, Wilbur. Mrs. Thompson died August 1, 1879, and on December 8, 1881, he was united in marriage with Ella Kennedy at Sturgis, Mich. There were five children born to them, Martha, Grace, James, Edwin G., Jr., (Ted), Leland and Herbert. Herbert died in infancy, Ted at the age of 7 years and Martha in 1927, following a short illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Thompson died in the fall of 1929, and Mr. Thompson, with the exception of one year spent in the home of his son, Leland, has continued to live at his Martin Street home with Miss Ardath Furst as his housekeeper, who in those years has given him the affection, care and comfort of a daughter. His appreciations of a family and the younger generation was an outstanding characteristic of his life, and in 1913, with all his children gone from home, he and Mrs. Thompson took into their home a young friend, Miss Matilda Reimer, of Chicago, who remained with them several years, graduating from the high school here.
He was a member of the Methodist Church of Sturgis, Mich., and during his residence here was a loyal and devoted worker in the Methodist Church of this city, being a member of the Board of Trustees for the past 50 years. He never held any public office except for two terms when he served on the Ligonier School Board, and two terms as Secretary of the Indiana Editorial Association, but his life was spent in devotion to the highest and best principles of good citizenship, and he worked untiringly for the things that would tend to make Ligonier a better place in which to live. He was a charter member of the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce, but for the past three years had been inactive in the affairs of that organization because of his declining health.
He was a loyal Republican, casting his first vote for Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, and never missed voting at any election following that time. He devoted his time, talents and business to the Republican party, and for this he received no reward other than the knowledge of a work well and honestly done to the best of his ability.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, from the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Rev. G.H. Bachelor, a close personal friend, and Rev. C.C. Wischmeier, officiating. Burial was made in Oak Park Cemetery.
Surviving relatives include one daughter, Mrs. F.E. Pfeiffer, of Washington, D.C., three sons, Wilbur H. Thompson, of Dayton, O., James S. Thompson, of New York City, and Leland K. Thompson, of this city; one brother, Stacy C. Thompson, of Manistee, Michigan, and one sister, Mrs. M.A. Johnson, of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Pall bearers at his funeral were Leland Calbeck, Elmo Weaver, Leon Wertheimer, Herbert Sisterhen, Will Green and Curtis Hutchison, all boyhood friends of his three sons and whose families had been personal friends of Mr. Thompson and family during his life here.
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