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Date of Death: December 1, 2004 Services for Faye Thompson, 87, of Grand Junction will be 10:30am Saturday at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Grand Junction. Interment will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Grand Junction. Friends may pay their respects to Faye at St. Brigid Catholic Church after 2:00pm Friday. Also, Friday at St. Brigid Catholic Church, there will be a 7:00pm Vigil For the Deceased, followed by visitation with the family. Memorials in Faye’s name may be left at the church.
Faye Evelyn (Haworth) Thompson, daughter of Nathan and Eva Haworth, was born March 28, 1917, on a farm near Castana, Iowa. She attended school in Mapleton, Iowa. After high school Faye worked at the Bupane Gas Company in Mapleton and then became Deputy County Auditor in Onawa, Iowa. On February 16, 1942, Faye married Jack R. Thompson. To this union were born ten children. Faye and Jack also raised Faye's younger sister, Sally, following the death of her mother Eva. The family moved to Grand Junction, Iowa, in 1954 and owned and operated Clover Farm Grocery and then Foodland Grocery until retirement in 1980. Faye was active in St. Brigid Church and Altar Society, PTA, and El Carim Club. She was a Cub Scout den mother, religious education teacher, Library Board trustee, Hospice respite care giver, and volunteer for Meals on Wheels. In 1976 Faye was honored as an Iowa Merit Mother of the Year. Her church directory was recently dedicated to her. Faye E. Thompson of Grand Junction, Iowa, passed away December 1, 2004, at Israel Family Hospice in Ames, Iowa. She was 87 years of age. Faye was preceded in death by her husband Jack in 1983, her parents, three brothers, Richard, Darrel, and Uhl, nephew Nick Hodne, son-in-law, Steve Tiffany, and brother-in-law, Don Thompson. Survivors include her children Joan Tiffany, Grand Junction, Iowa; Becky Thompson, Carroll, Iowa; Julie (Tom) Stinard, Ankeny, Iowa; Jack (Jackie) Thompson, Alexandria, Virginia; Mike (Mary) Thompson, Leawood, Kansas; Dan (Tina) Thompson, State College, Pennsylvania; Doug (Roslin) Thompson, Sigourney, Iowa; Barbara (Mark) Thompson, Fort Dodge, Iowa; Cathy (Stan) Curtis, Ames, Iowa; and Susan (Bart) Dobson, Ames, Iowa. She is also survived by her sister, Sally (Ron) Hodne, Manning, Iowa; sister-in-law, Lucy Thompson of Des Moines, Iowa; twenty-nine grandchildren and twenty-six great grandchildren.
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