A prominent Borger civic leader and former Texas State Legislator died Monday at Ware Memorial Care Center in Amarillo.
Fritz Thompson, 89, had served Borger politically and through civic involvement for most of his life.
Funeral services are pending with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Thompson was born March 25, 1905 in Nacogdoches. He received his education at Nacogdoches High School, Stephen F. Austin University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He came to the Panhandle in 1927 to work for Cabot Corporation in Pampa. He later joined his brothers in a retail hardware business in Borger. He was also a farmer-rancher, and pipeline contractor. He was involved in real estate and developed the Thompson addition to the City of Borger.
Thompson held a greater variety of public offices than any other person in Borger. He was a Hutchinson County Commissioner for 16 years, Borger City Manager for three years, Borger Chamber of Commerce Manager for one year and was president of the Texas Good Roads Association for two terms.
Thompson served two terms in the State Legislature, from 1962-66.
He also served on the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents. He was an executive director of the Adobe Walls Council of Boy Scouts.
Friends and family members say the greatest joys of Fritz Thompson's life, besides his family, was helping improve the highways of the Panhandle and helping bring Lake Meredith to the Panhandle. He headed the first organized effort to build the Canadian River Dam, and was a member of the Lake Meredith Water Authority.
The twin bridges that span the Canadian River on State Highway 136 three miles north of Borger were named after him. He served as president of the Canadian Flood Control Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Borger Lions Club, Borger Chamber of Commerce, and Isom Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; a son, David Thompson of Dallas; a daughter, Betty Ann Turpin of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Albert Thompson of Hobbs, N.M.; and three grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity or Fritz Thompson Scholarship at Frank Phillips College, First Presbyterian Youth Fund, Borger Noon Lions Club Fund for the Sightless and Borger Nursing Center.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 30, 1994)
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Funeral services for Fritz Thompson, 89, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Henry Chisholm, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
The prominent Borger civic leader and former Texas State Legislator died Monday at Ware Memorial Care Center in Amarillo.
A native Texas born on a farm near Nacogdoches on March 25, 1905, Thompson was one of 10 children. He received his education at Nacogdoches High School, Stephen F. Austin University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He came to the Panhandle in 1927 to work for Cabot Corporation in Pampa. He later joined his brothers in a retail hardware business in Borger. He was also a farmer-rancher, and pipeline contractor. He was involved in real estate and developed the Thompson addition to the City of Borger.
Thompson held a greater variety of public offices than any other person in Borger, and his list of affiliations read like a directory of local civic organizations.
He was a Hutchinson County Commissioner for 16 years, (1937-1952) during which time much of the highway system in Hutchinson County was achieved.
In recognition of his contributions and promotions of the highway system, he received a Road Hand Award in 1974. He was automatically inducted into the hall of honor to Texas Road Hands.
Thompson was known throughout the state as "Mr. Highways" and served three terms as president of the Texas Roads Association.
He served as Borger City Manager for three years.
Borger Mayor Judy Flanders, said, "Fritz was pretty much out of city business when I was elected to the city council, but he was a good friend and advisor. I really enjoyed visiting with him."
Thompson served two terms in the State Legislature, from 1962-66 under Gov. John Connally. He applied his motto "the least governed are the best governed" to all aspects of his life.
He also served on the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents. He was appointed in March of 1976 to fill an unexpired term.
"Fritz was a good asset to the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents," said George Aull, who was a regent at the time of Thompson's appointment.
"Fritz was instrumental in the selection of Gary McDaniel, who was hired as college president in the 1980s." added Aull.
Friends and family members say the greatest joys of Fritz Thompson's life, besides his family, was helping improve the highways of the Panhandle and helping bring Lake Meredith to the Panhandle. He headed the first organized effort to build the Canadian River Dam, and was a member of the Lake Meredith Water Authority.
The twin bridges that span the Canadian River on State Highway 136 three miles north of Borger were named after him. He served as president of the Canadian Flood Control Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Borger Lions Club, Borger Chamber of Commerce, and Isom Masonic Lodge.
According to Thompson's numerous friends, he helped make this community, this state, and this nation "a better place in which to live...he was a builder in the truest sense."
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; a son, David Thompson of Dallas; a daughter, Betty Ann Turpin of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Albert Thompson of Hobbs, N.M.; and five grandchildren including Mark and Matt Thompson, Paul Tupin, Rebecca Riley, and John Tupin; and three great-grandchilren.
Pallbearers will be Roy Gurley, Miles Mixon, Buster Caviness, Gary Murrow, Robert Wilson and Don Braden.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Borger Noon Lions Club.
The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity or Fritz Thompson Scholarship at Frank Phillips College, First Presbyterian Youth Fund, Borger Noon Lions Club Fund for the Sightless and Borger Nursing Center.
(Published in the Borger News Herald, August 31, 1994)
Fritz Thompson Bridge
Fritz Thompson Park
Hutchinson County History 1876-1980
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Fritz Thompson
Death Date: 29 Aug 1994
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Fritz Thompson, 89, had served Borger politically and through civic involvement for most of his life.
Funeral services are pending with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Thompson was born March 25, 1905 in Nacogdoches. He received his education at Nacogdoches High School, Stephen F. Austin University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He came to the Panhandle in 1927 to work for Cabot Corporation in Pampa. He later joined his brothers in a retail hardware business in Borger. He was also a farmer-rancher, and pipeline contractor. He was involved in real estate and developed the Thompson addition to the City of Borger.
Thompson held a greater variety of public offices than any other person in Borger. He was a Hutchinson County Commissioner for 16 years, Borger City Manager for three years, Borger Chamber of Commerce Manager for one year and was president of the Texas Good Roads Association for two terms.
Thompson served two terms in the State Legislature, from 1962-66.
He also served on the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents. He was an executive director of the Adobe Walls Council of Boy Scouts.
Friends and family members say the greatest joys of Fritz Thompson's life, besides his family, was helping improve the highways of the Panhandle and helping bring Lake Meredith to the Panhandle. He headed the first organized effort to build the Canadian River Dam, and was a member of the Lake Meredith Water Authority.
The twin bridges that span the Canadian River on State Highway 136 three miles north of Borger were named after him. He served as president of the Canadian Flood Control Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Borger Lions Club, Borger Chamber of Commerce, and Isom Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; a son, David Thompson of Dallas; a daughter, Betty Ann Turpin of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Albert Thompson of Hobbs, N.M.; and three grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity or Fritz Thompson Scholarship at Frank Phillips College, First Presbyterian Youth Fund, Borger Noon Lions Club Fund for the Sightless and Borger Nursing Center.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 30, 1994)
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Funeral services for Fritz Thompson, 89, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Henry Chisholm, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
The prominent Borger civic leader and former Texas State Legislator died Monday at Ware Memorial Care Center in Amarillo.
A native Texas born on a farm near Nacogdoches on March 25, 1905, Thompson was one of 10 children. He received his education at Nacogdoches High School, Stephen F. Austin University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He came to the Panhandle in 1927 to work for Cabot Corporation in Pampa. He later joined his brothers in a retail hardware business in Borger. He was also a farmer-rancher, and pipeline contractor. He was involved in real estate and developed the Thompson addition to the City of Borger.
Thompson held a greater variety of public offices than any other person in Borger, and his list of affiliations read like a directory of local civic organizations.
He was a Hutchinson County Commissioner for 16 years, (1937-1952) during which time much of the highway system in Hutchinson County was achieved.
In recognition of his contributions and promotions of the highway system, he received a Road Hand Award in 1974. He was automatically inducted into the hall of honor to Texas Road Hands.
Thompson was known throughout the state as "Mr. Highways" and served three terms as president of the Texas Roads Association.
He served as Borger City Manager for three years.
Borger Mayor Judy Flanders, said, "Fritz was pretty much out of city business when I was elected to the city council, but he was a good friend and advisor. I really enjoyed visiting with him."
Thompson served two terms in the State Legislature, from 1962-66 under Gov. John Connally. He applied his motto "the least governed are the best governed" to all aspects of his life.
He also served on the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents. He was appointed in March of 1976 to fill an unexpired term.
"Fritz was a good asset to the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents," said George Aull, who was a regent at the time of Thompson's appointment.
"Fritz was instrumental in the selection of Gary McDaniel, who was hired as college president in the 1980s." added Aull.
Friends and family members say the greatest joys of Fritz Thompson's life, besides his family, was helping improve the highways of the Panhandle and helping bring Lake Meredith to the Panhandle. He headed the first organized effort to build the Canadian River Dam, and was a member of the Lake Meredith Water Authority.
The twin bridges that span the Canadian River on State Highway 136 three miles north of Borger were named after him. He served as president of the Canadian Flood Control Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Borger Lions Club, Borger Chamber of Commerce, and Isom Masonic Lodge.
According to Thompson's numerous friends, he helped make this community, this state, and this nation "a better place in which to live...he was a builder in the truest sense."
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; a son, David Thompson of Dallas; a daughter, Betty Ann Turpin of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Albert Thompson of Hobbs, N.M.; and five grandchildren including Mark and Matt Thompson, Paul Tupin, Rebecca Riley, and John Tupin; and three great-grandchilren.
Pallbearers will be Roy Gurley, Miles Mixon, Buster Caviness, Gary Murrow, Robert Wilson and Don Braden.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Borger Noon Lions Club.
The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity or Fritz Thompson Scholarship at Frank Phillips College, First Presbyterian Youth Fund, Borger Noon Lions Club Fund for the Sightless and Borger Nursing Center.
(Published in the Borger News Herald, August 31, 1994)
Fritz Thompson Bridge
Fritz Thompson Park
Hutchinson County History 1876-1980
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Fritz Thompson
Death Date: 29 Aug 1994
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
A prominent Borger civic leader and former Texas State Legislator died Monday at Ware Memorial Care Center in Amarillo.
Fritz Thompson, 89, had served Borger politically and through civic involvement for most of his life.
Funeral services are pending with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Thompson was born March 25, 1905 in Nacogdoches. He received his education at Nacogdoches High School, Stephen F. Austin University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He came to the Panhandle in 1927 to work for Cabot Corporation in Pampa. He later joined his brothers in a retail hardware business in Borger. He was also a farmer-rancher, and pipeline contractor. He was involved in real estate and developed the Thompson addition to the City of Borger.
Thompson held a greater variety of public offices than any other person in Borger. He was a Hutchinson County Commissioner for 16 years, Borger City Manager for three years, Borger Chamber of Commerce Manager for one year and was president of the Texas Good Roads Association for two terms.
Thompson served two terms in the State Legislature, from 1962-66.
He also served on the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents. He was an executive director of the Adobe Walls Council of Boy Scouts.
Friends and family members say the greatest joys of Fritz Thompson's life, besides his family, was helping improve the highways of the Panhandle and helping bring Lake Meredith to the Panhandle. He headed the first organized effort to build the Canadian River Dam, and was a member of the Lake Meredith Water Authority.
The twin bridges that span the Canadian River on State Highway 136 three miles north of Borger were named after him. He served as president of the Canadian Flood Control Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Borger Lions Club, Borger Chamber of Commerce, and Isom Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; a son, David Thompson of Dallas; a daughter, Betty Ann Turpin of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Albert Thompson of Hobbs, N.M.; and three grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity or Fritz Thompson Scholarship at Frank Phillips College, First Presbyterian Youth Fund, Borger Noon Lions Club Fund for the Sightless and Borger Nursing Center.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 30, 1994)
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Funeral services for Fritz Thompson, 89, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Henry Chisholm, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
The prominent Borger civic leader and former Texas State Legislator died Monday at Ware Memorial Care Center in Amarillo.
A native Texas born on a farm near Nacogdoches on March 25, 1905, Thompson was one of 10 children. He received his education at Nacogdoches High School, Stephen F. Austin University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He came to the Panhandle in 1927 to work for Cabot Corporation in Pampa. He later joined his brothers in a retail hardware business in Borger. He was also a farmer-rancher, and pipeline contractor. He was involved in real estate and developed the Thompson addition to the City of Borger.
Thompson held a greater variety of public offices than any other person in Borger, and his list of affiliations read like a directory of local civic organizations.
He was a Hutchinson County Commissioner for 16 years, (1937-1952) during which time much of the highway system in Hutchinson County was achieved.
In recognition of his contributions and promotions of the highway system, he received a Road Hand Award in 1974. He was automatically inducted into the hall of honor to Texas Road Hands.
Thompson was known throughout the state as "Mr. Highways" and served three terms as president of the Texas Roads Association.
He served as Borger City Manager for three years.
Borger Mayor Judy Flanders, said, "Fritz was pretty much out of city business when I was elected to the city council, but he was a good friend and advisor. I really enjoyed visiting with him."
Thompson served two terms in the State Legislature, from 1962-66 under Gov. John Connally. He applied his motto "the least governed are the best governed" to all aspects of his life.
He also served on the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents. He was appointed in March of 1976 to fill an unexpired term.
"Fritz was a good asset to the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents," said George Aull, who was a regent at the time of Thompson's appointment.
"Fritz was instrumental in the selection of Gary McDaniel, who was hired as college president in the 1980s." added Aull.
Friends and family members say the greatest joys of Fritz Thompson's life, besides his family, was helping improve the highways of the Panhandle and helping bring Lake Meredith to the Panhandle. He headed the first organized effort to build the Canadian River Dam, and was a member of the Lake Meredith Water Authority.
The twin bridges that span the Canadian River on State Highway 136 three miles north of Borger were named after him. He served as president of the Canadian Flood Control Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Borger Lions Club, Borger Chamber of Commerce, and Isom Masonic Lodge.
According to Thompson's numerous friends, he helped make this community, this state, and this nation "a better place in which to live...he was a builder in the truest sense."
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; a son, David Thompson of Dallas; a daughter, Betty Ann Turpin of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Albert Thompson of Hobbs, N.M.; and five grandchildren including Mark and Matt Thompson, Paul Tupin, Rebecca Riley, and John Tupin; and three great-grandchilren.
Pallbearers will be Roy Gurley, Miles Mixon, Buster Caviness, Gary Murrow, Robert Wilson and Don Braden.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Borger Noon Lions Club.
The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity or Fritz Thompson Scholarship at Frank Phillips College, First Presbyterian Youth Fund, Borger Noon Lions Club Fund for the Sightless and Borger Nursing Center.
(Published in the Borger News Herald, August 31, 1994)
Fritz Thompson Bridge
Fritz Thompson Park
Hutchinson County History 1876-1980
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Fritz Thompson
Death Date: 29 Aug 1994
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Fritz Thompson, 89, had served Borger politically and through civic involvement for most of his life.
Funeral services are pending with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Thompson was born March 25, 1905 in Nacogdoches. He received his education at Nacogdoches High School, Stephen F. Austin University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He came to the Panhandle in 1927 to work for Cabot Corporation in Pampa. He later joined his brothers in a retail hardware business in Borger. He was also a farmer-rancher, and pipeline contractor. He was involved in real estate and developed the Thompson addition to the City of Borger.
Thompson held a greater variety of public offices than any other person in Borger. He was a Hutchinson County Commissioner for 16 years, Borger City Manager for three years, Borger Chamber of Commerce Manager for one year and was president of the Texas Good Roads Association for two terms.
Thompson served two terms in the State Legislature, from 1962-66.
He also served on the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents. He was an executive director of the Adobe Walls Council of Boy Scouts.
Friends and family members say the greatest joys of Fritz Thompson's life, besides his family, was helping improve the highways of the Panhandle and helping bring Lake Meredith to the Panhandle. He headed the first organized effort to build the Canadian River Dam, and was a member of the Lake Meredith Water Authority.
The twin bridges that span the Canadian River on State Highway 136 three miles north of Borger were named after him. He served as president of the Canadian Flood Control Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Borger Lions Club, Borger Chamber of Commerce, and Isom Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; a son, David Thompson of Dallas; a daughter, Betty Ann Turpin of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Albert Thompson of Hobbs, N.M.; and three grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity or Fritz Thompson Scholarship at Frank Phillips College, First Presbyterian Youth Fund, Borger Noon Lions Club Fund for the Sightless and Borger Nursing Center.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 30, 1994)
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Funeral services for Fritz Thompson, 89, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Henry Chisholm, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
The prominent Borger civic leader and former Texas State Legislator died Monday at Ware Memorial Care Center in Amarillo.
A native Texas born on a farm near Nacogdoches on March 25, 1905, Thompson was one of 10 children. He received his education at Nacogdoches High School, Stephen F. Austin University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He came to the Panhandle in 1927 to work for Cabot Corporation in Pampa. He later joined his brothers in a retail hardware business in Borger. He was also a farmer-rancher, and pipeline contractor. He was involved in real estate and developed the Thompson addition to the City of Borger.
Thompson held a greater variety of public offices than any other person in Borger, and his list of affiliations read like a directory of local civic organizations.
He was a Hutchinson County Commissioner for 16 years, (1937-1952) during which time much of the highway system in Hutchinson County was achieved.
In recognition of his contributions and promotions of the highway system, he received a Road Hand Award in 1974. He was automatically inducted into the hall of honor to Texas Road Hands.
Thompson was known throughout the state as "Mr. Highways" and served three terms as president of the Texas Roads Association.
He served as Borger City Manager for three years.
Borger Mayor Judy Flanders, said, "Fritz was pretty much out of city business when I was elected to the city council, but he was a good friend and advisor. I really enjoyed visiting with him."
Thompson served two terms in the State Legislature, from 1962-66 under Gov. John Connally. He applied his motto "the least governed are the best governed" to all aspects of his life.
He also served on the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents. He was appointed in March of 1976 to fill an unexpired term.
"Fritz was a good asset to the Frank Phillips College Board of Regents," said George Aull, who was a regent at the time of Thompson's appointment.
"Fritz was instrumental in the selection of Gary McDaniel, who was hired as college president in the 1980s." added Aull.
Friends and family members say the greatest joys of Fritz Thompson's life, besides his family, was helping improve the highways of the Panhandle and helping bring Lake Meredith to the Panhandle. He headed the first organized effort to build the Canadian River Dam, and was a member of the Lake Meredith Water Authority.
The twin bridges that span the Canadian River on State Highway 136 three miles north of Borger were named after him. He served as president of the Canadian Flood Control Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Borger Lions Club, Borger Chamber of Commerce, and Isom Masonic Lodge.
According to Thompson's numerous friends, he helped make this community, this state, and this nation "a better place in which to live...he was a builder in the truest sense."
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; a son, David Thompson of Dallas; a daughter, Betty Ann Turpin of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Albert Thompson of Hobbs, N.M.; and five grandchildren including Mark and Matt Thompson, Paul Tupin, Rebecca Riley, and John Tupin; and three great-grandchilren.
Pallbearers will be Roy Gurley, Miles Mixon, Buster Caviness, Gary Murrow, Robert Wilson and Don Braden.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Borger Noon Lions Club.
The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity or Fritz Thompson Scholarship at Frank Phillips College, First Presbyterian Youth Fund, Borger Noon Lions Club Fund for the Sightless and Borger Nursing Center.
(Published in the Borger News Herald, August 31, 1994)
Fritz Thompson Bridge
Fritz Thompson Park
Hutchinson County History 1876-1980
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Fritz Thompson
Death Date: 29 Aug 1994
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
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