This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Thompson, Popple, Hauger, Skeels Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17202/mb.ashx Message Board Post: [Eau Claire "Leader - Telegram", 21 Jan 1980, p. 5A, col. 4] Edward Thompson CHIPPEWA FALLS - Edward D. Thompson, 58, Route 3, town of Eagle Point, died Friday at Sacred Heart Hospital, the result of a pedestrian-auto accident. He was born in Eau Claire and attended Eau Claire schools. He was a veteran of the Army Air Corps in World War II and was honorably discharged in 1945. He was employed at National Presto Industries until 1954 and married Luaine Popple July 17, 1948, in Chippewa Falls. They moved to Garden Grove, Calif., in 1954 and returned to Chippewa Falls in 1959. He then worked at Consolidated Thermoplastics Co. Survivors include his wife; four sons, William, John, Roger, Jeff, all of Chippewa Falls; two sisters, Bernice Hauger, Evelyn Skeels, both of Eau Claire; three brothers, Merwyn, Springfield, Ore., Charles, Adrian, both of Rice Lake; and five grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Chippewa Falls, with burial in Eagleton Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Pederson-Bolker Funeral Home, Chippewa Falls, and an hour before services Tuesday at the church. [I am not related.] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.