A Life Remembered . . . |
| Helen K.
Thompson September 28, 1910 -
December 11, 2003 |
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Helen K.
Thompson, 93 of Butler, died Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 3:00 p.m.
at Butler Memorial Hospital.
Born September 28, 1910 in Argentine, Pennsylvania, she was the
daughter of Elizabeth (Funkhouser) Latshaw.
Mrs. Thompson was a Retired schoolteacher for Butler County Schools.
She was a member of West Freedom United Methodist Church. Mrs.
Thompson was an alumni of Slippery Rock Normal School class of 1930.
In 1948 she graduated from Slippery Rock State College with a B.S.
degree in education. She is the first surviving teacher of the Renfrew
School where she taught for 28 years. Mrs. Thompson also taught 7
years in North Washington Township. She was a life member of Slippery
Rock Alumni Association, also a member of the local, state and
national teacher's associations. She volunteered for 10 years at the
Butler Area Public Library and 25 years for the Symphony Boutique.
Mrs. Thompson is survived by three sisters, Mary Jordan of Ridgeway,
Pennsylvania, Dorothy Bowser of Parker, Pennsylvania, Faye Garris of
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, number of nieces, nephews and cousins, and
her good friend, Joy Patterson McAleer.
Mrs. Thompson is preceded in death by her husband Martin E. Thompson,
who passed away on November 27, 1967; three sisters and one brother.
There will be no public visitation or service. Arrangements are being
handled by the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North
Street, Butler, Pennsylvania.
Interment will be in Eau Claire Cemetery.
Contributions may be sent to Butler Area Public Library, 218 North
McKean Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001.
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