The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday July 16, 1939 Benjamin F. Thompson. Benjamin F. THOMPSON, 75, of 116 North Elmwood Street, died Saturday in a Topeka hospital. He was born in Mason City, Ill., and came to Kansas at the age of nine. He had been a resident of Topeka for the past sixteen years and was a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Matilda Thompson, of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Grace B. Sparklin of Chicago; one son, Clarence Thompson of Topeka; two brothers, Harry and Edward Thompson, both of Marysville, Kan., and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be at the Penwell Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery.