George Eric THOMPSON

1903 - 1983  (79 years)

• Name	George Eric THOMPSON
  Birth	28 Dec 1903	Minnesota
  	Not listed in the MHS birth certificate index
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1983-MN-013677
  Social Security Number	477-07-4979
  Death	7 May 1983	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	“of Duluth” at the time of each parent’s funeral. The Duluth telephone directory of 1949 lists a Geo Thompson living at 202 West 3rd Street. His phone number was Melrose 4540. Living with his parents in Mahnomen County at the time of the 1920 and 1930 censuses. In the 1939 Duluth city directory, he and Frances live at 704 E 2nd. He is an ice-cream maker for the Arrowhead Co-op Dairy. Frances is a maid. In the 1940 census, he and Frances and George lived in Duluth at 2906 West 2nd Street, a rented residence. Five years earlier, George had lived on the family farm with his parents in Mahnomen County and Frances had lived in Eveleth. George was a high school graduate, Frances had a 7th grade education. George was a checker at a creamery. He had earned $500 in 1939. In the 1943 Duluth city directory, he and Frances live at 11 S 60th Avenue W. He is a checker for the Arrowhead Co-op Creamery. In the 1944 Duluth city directory, he is George E Thompson, “helper”, who lives with his wife Frances at 11 South 60th Avenue West. In the 1946 directory, he is a roofer for Gold Bond Roofing. In the 1957, 1958, and 1960 directories, he and Frances still live at 11 S 60th Avenue W. George was a laborer for the DM&IR. His obituary was published on p. A8:1 of the May 8, 1983, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune: George E. Thompson, 79, of 11 S. 60th Ave. W., died Saturday in Hospice Duluth at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was born in Clarissa, Minn., and had lived in Duluth since 1937. He worked for the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railway at the ore docks before retiring in 1967. He had previously worked for Arrowhead Creamery. Surviving are his wife, Frances; two daughters, Ursula Karlen of Blaine, Minn., and Rose Stewart of Esko; two sons, George A. of Duluth and Frank J. of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two sisters, Anna Peterson of Elk River, Minn., and Ida Luce of the state of Virginia; three brothers, Edward and Clarence, both of Elk River, Minn., and Melvin O. of Duluth; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bell Brothers Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
  Person ID	I300	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Erik (Erick) Andrew THOMPSON,   b. 6 May 1861, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 11 May 1948, Sanford Hospital, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Gunhild Mikkelsdatter (Julia) DIGENE,   b. 2 Jan 1868, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway d. 19 Mar 1942, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1889	Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Agnes O’ KORN,   b. 20 Jun 1910, Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 13 May 1999, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. George Anthony THOMPSON,   b. 22 Jun 1939, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 15 Oct 1984, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 45 years)
  Photos		George Thompson and wife Taken at their home in Duluth in 1958 or 1959
  Family ID	F222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2008