Elizabeth “Bessie” Thompson
BIRTH
10 Jul 1875
Kansas, USA
DEATH
10 Dec 1917 (aged 42)
Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Graceland Cemetery
Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Grace-1, Block 9, Lot K, Grave 2
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HOLD FINAL RITES FOR ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Public Funeral held Wednesday at St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 10:30 A. M.
Private Services at Home

It went on to say that she died at her home, 200 East 6th Ave.

She was born at Memphis, Kansas, July 10, 1875 and died at the age of 42 years and five months. She'd lived in Mitchell, South Dakota since 1881. She was a graduate of Mitchell high school and taught for 5 years in the city schools then was "almost continuously" employed in mercantile establishments and offices including the Bidwell Loan & Abstract Company. She came to Mitchell from Warrensburgh, Mo.

She was survived by her mom, Annie Thompson, 2 sisters: Lucy Thompson, Mitchell school instructor & Mrs David Fischer of Mansfield, Wash., and a brother, Norman Thompson of Storla, SD. Her father passed on July 11, 1888.

Published in the Mitchell (SD) Capital on December 13, 1917.

* contributed by Deb (46945440)

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Parents


Jay Thompson
1837–1888



Annie Harris Thompson
1843–1935

Siblings


Eunice H Thompson Fisher
1877–1945



Norman Jay Thompson
1882–1948



Lucy B. Heidt
1887–1973

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