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Garry Lee Thompson

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Garry Lee Thompson

Birth
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Dec 2008 (aged 68)
Bettendorf, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
V - 743
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Garry L. Thompson, 68, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at Trinity Pathway Hospice, Bettendorf.

Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Visitation will be 9-10 a.m. Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Memorials may be to WVIK Augustana College Public Radio.

Mr. Thompson was born May 2, 1940, in Rock Island, the son of Keith and Eileen Watts Bradley. He was a 1958 graduate of Rock Island High School.

Garry was a U.S. Army Veteran.

Mr. Thompson was a transit supervisor for MetroLink. Prior to that, he had been a bus driver for Davenport City Transit and later for MetroLink.

He was an active volunteer for the Quad City Visitor's Bureau and the Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Ill.

Garry is survived by special friends, Rod Wardlow, Rock Island, and Mark and Marilyn Cook, Moline. He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
(Rock Island Argus, Dec. 2, 2008)
Garry L. Thompson, 68, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at Trinity Pathway Hospice, Bettendorf.

Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Visitation will be 9-10 a.m. Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Memorials may be to WVIK Augustana College Public Radio.

Mr. Thompson was born May 2, 1940, in Rock Island, the son of Keith and Eileen Watts Bradley. He was a 1958 graduate of Rock Island High School.

Garry was a U.S. Army Veteran.

Mr. Thompson was a transit supervisor for MetroLink. Prior to that, he had been a bus driver for Davenport City Transit and later for MetroLink.

He was an active volunteer for the Quad City Visitor's Bureau and the Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Ill.

Garry is survived by special friends, Rod Wardlow, Rock Island, and Mark and Marilyn Cook, Moline. He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
(Rock Island Argus, Dec. 2, 2008)

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  • Created by: Paul Mack
  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60009034/garry_lee-thompson: accessed ), memorial page for Garry Lee Thompson (2 May 1940–1 Dec 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60009034, citing Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Paul Mack (contributor 47145486).