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Personal data Richard W. (Richard W. "Rich") "Rich" Thompson 

  • Nickname is Rich.
  • He was born on December 16, 1905 in Lk. Mills, Winnebago Co., IA.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Esther Thompson
  • (Milit-Beg) in the year 1925 in fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.
    U.S.M.C.
  • (Milit-End) about 1929 in fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.
    Mostly served in Nicaragua.
  • He died on December 18, 1985 in fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN, he was 80 years old.
  • He is buried after December 17, 1985 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Olena Mound Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on February 21, 2018.

Household of Richard W. (Richard W. "Rich") "Rich" Thompson

He is married to Esther Stenersen.

They got married September 1935 at fortasse, somewhere in IA, he was 29 years old.

Richard W. "Rich" Thompson oo Esther Stenersen

Marriage source: Author: Thompson, Esther, Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 423,Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Col. 1

"Richard 'Rich' and Esther Thompson Family By Esther Thompson

[Photograph of a woman & man with caption: Rich and Esther - Christmas Day, 1970]

"I was born on my parents' farm six miles south of Buffalo Center. ... ..."

[Col. 2]

"I married Richard W. 'Rich' Thompson who was born and raised in Lake Mills, Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1925 and served four years, mostly in Nicaragua. After his discharge, he came to Buffalo Center where he lived and worked with his brother, Cliff, who owned a drayline. ..."
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Child(ren):

  1. Carol Nelsyne Thompson  1944-2019 


Notes about Richard W. (Richard W. "Rich") "Rich" Thompson

Richard W. "Rich" Thompson

Source: Author: Thompson, Esther, Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 423, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Col. 1

"Richard 'Rich' and Esther Thompson Family By Esther Thompson

[Photograph of a woman & man with caption: Rich and Esther - Christmas Day, 1970]

"I was born on my parents' farm six miles south of Buffalo Center. My father, John P. Stenersen, began farming shortly after his marriage to my mother, Katherina Florentz of Christiana (now Oslo), Norway. ...

My father was born in Worth County, Iowa in 1876 ... Grant Township, Winnebago County, Iowa. ...

My parents had six children, namely ... Esther, .... We all graduated from Buffalo Center High school except Ralph ...

I taught country school for several years, havig graduated in 1925 with a Normal Training Certificate ... ..."

[Col. 2]

"I married Richard W. 'Rich' Thompson who was born and raised in Lake Mills, Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1925 and served four years, mostly in Nicaragua. After his discharge, he came to Buffalo Center where he livedand worked with his brother, Cliff, who owned a drayline.

We had five children who also graduated from Buffalo Center High School. ... ... Carol is married to Michael Miressi and they live in Mustang, Oklahoma; they have three daughters: Tammy, Kristina, and Ruth.

Evelyn married Merlin Morgan in 1965 ...

Rich worked for both Standard and Co-op filling stations before goint to work for Winnebago County, a position he held until his retirement. We enjoyed fishing while raising our family, and celebrated our golden wedding anniversaryquietly in September, 1985 due to his failing health. Rich passed away in mid-December of 1985, having reached his 80th birthday.

Besides our five children we have a 'following' of 20 grandchildren and 14 great-grands. ..."

Author: Decker, Robbie, Title: "Richard W. Thompson," (Publication location: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xvii May MMXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69977176/richard-w.-thompson

"Richard W. Thompson Birth 16 Dec 1905 Death 18 Dec 1985 Burial Olena Mound Cemetery Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 69977176 Photo added by Robbie Decker

[a photograph of the military-style plaque on the stone includes a cross and the statement, "PVT US MARINE CORPS"]

Created by: Uncloudy_Day Added: 17 May 2011 Find A Grave Memorial 69977176"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Richard W. Thompson

Richard W. Thompson
1905-1985

1935

Esther Stenersen
1908-2007

Carol Nelsyne Thompson
1944-2019

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Birthday December 16, 1905

  • The temperature on December 16, 1905 was between 4.7 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
    • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
    • June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
    • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
    • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
    • November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.

Day of death December 18, 1985

  • The temperature on December 18, 1985 was between 6.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • March 20 » Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
    • May 5 » Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.
    • May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
    • September 4 » The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
    • October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
    • November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.


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