This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THOMSON; KNUDSEN; WOOSTER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/808 Message Board Post: Clyde W. Thomson Clyde Winston Thomson, son of Howard and Myrtle (Knudsen) Thomson, was born September 20, 1923 near Harlan in Monroe Township, Shelby County. His great-grandparents and several grandparents emigrated from Denmark. Clyde attended rural school, Monroe #4, through the eighth grade and then graduated from Harlan High School in 1941. After high school, Clyde worked in construction for his uncle and then for a short time at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, Calif. He then returned to Iowa and worked with his father on the farm. On October 10, 1948, Clyde was united in marriage with Betty Wooster at the Merrill's Grove Baptist Church in Fiscus. Five children were born to this union. The family made their home in Harlan for a short time where Clyde worked in masonry, plastering and cement work. In 1952 they moved to the Manilla area where he began farming for himself. In 1972, he became a representative for Vermeer Manufacturing Company, selling and servicing Vermeer haying equipment in addition to farming. Clyde saw his need of accepting Christ into his life at an early age. His desire was to serve his Savior and live a life according to Christian principles. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Manning where he taught Sunday School for 30 years. He was a member of the Farm Bureau, the Farm Service Coop of which he was a board member for fifteen years, the Manilla School Board for nine years, and the West Central Iowa Healthcare Foundation Board. He was also a board member of a lumberyard in Harlan and Manilla for a number of years. Clyde enjoyed collecting stamps, fishing and traveling to see his children and grandchildren. Clyde's health had been fragile for several years before his death Sunday morning, November 17, 2002, while getting in his car at his home to go to church. He was 79 years, 1 month and 28 days of age. Besides his parents, Clyde is preceded in death by a son, James Thomson in 1968 and a brother, Bruce Thomson. He is survived by his wife Betty Thomson of Manilla; four daughters, Marcia and husband Gregg Lanzen of Goshen, Ind., Julie and husband Carl Hall of Thornton, Colo., Kristi and husband Bryan Troyer of Glade, Kan., and Sara and husband Phillip Stracke of Manilla; 19 grandchildren; two sisters, Carolyn Thomson of Lawrence, Kan., and Dorothy and husband Dewey Linden of Elk Horn; sister-in-law, Margaret (Thomson) and husband Bob Ferguson of Liberty, Mo., and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Manning with Pastor Greggary Lanzen of First Baptist Church in Goshen, Ind., and Pastor Louis Miller, Retired, officiating. Music included a medley of songs by David Lanzen on the saxophone, "Thy Word" by Clyde's grandchildren, "How Great Thou Art" by the congregation and Marcia Lanzen on the piano. Interment was made at Nishnabotna Cemetery in Manilla. Casketbearers were Scott Lanzen, David Lanzen, Nathan Lanzen, Jeffery Lanzen, Jordon Troyer, Tyson Troyer, Ryan Hall, Reid Stracke, Grant Stracke. Honorary casketbearers were Jim Nelson, John Long, Robert Lohrmann, Dale McCone, Herman Meiners, Sam Roberts, Bernard Stracke. Ohde Funeral Home of Manilla was in charge of arrangements.