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Clara J Thompson
Clara J. Thompson, 104, of Kaylor Road, Karns City, a well-known highly
respected retired school teacher, and a resident at Concordia Lutheran
Ministries in Cabot, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 3, 2019, at
Concordia.
Clara was born August 20, 1915, in Fairview Township. She was the daughter of
the late Fred H. and Pearl Miller Jameson.
She was a 1933 graduate of Fairview Township Karns City High School. She
attended Slippery Rock College in 1933 until 1935, and obtained a state teaching
certificate. Mrs. Thompson furthered her education at Duke University and
Clarion College and earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education.
Mrs. Thompson's teaching career spanned almost three decades. She taught second
grade in Karns City in a multiple grade one-room schoolhouse in Kittanning
Hollow, fifth and sixth grades in the Worthington School District, sixth grade
at Cadogen in the Armstrong County School District, and she retired in 1977
after teaching sixth grade for four years at North Buffalo Elementary School in
the Armstrong County School District.
From 1944 until 1945, she was employed by the U.S. Public Health Service as a
payroll clerk. From 1949 until 1956, she was employed by the Butler County Board
of Assistance as a caseworker.
Clara enjoyed painting, macramé, pottery, beading, knitting, crocheting, and
china painting. She looked forward to traveling with her husband every year for
52 years to Temagami, Canada, where over the years, the Thompsons had made many
close friends.
Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Robert K. "Bob" Thompson, whom she
married in Gettysburg on June 1, 1938. Mr. Thompson died on Oct. 18, 2012.
Clara is survived by two sons, Col. Robert K. Thompson Jr., USAF ret. and his
wife, Patty, of Tucson, Ariz., and Larry J. Thompson and his wife, Linda, of
Murrysville; six grandchildren, Mark W. Thompson and his wife, Mary, of Benson,
Ariz., Todd A. Thompson and his wife, Kristen, of Ashburn, Va., Brent L.
Thompson (Tammy) of Tucson, Ariz., James R. Thompson (Allison) of Cranberry
Township, Justin M. Thompson (Kristie) of Greensburg, and Gina M. Thompson and
her husband, Stacy Tibbetts, of Bellefonte; seven great-grandchildren, Dakota
and his wife, Amber, Christian, Tierney, Teige, Jasmine, Johanna and Leo; one
great-great-granddaughter, Clara June; as well as a number of nieces, nephews,
and cousins.
In addition to her parents and husband, Clara was preceded in death by two
brothers, Edward and Walter Jameson; and her sister, Florence Jameson McDonald;
as well as a number of brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Friends of Clara J. Thompson, who died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, will be received
from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Hile Funeral
Home of Chicora, 339 Chicora Fenelton Road, Chicora. There will be no visitation
on Sunday.
Additional visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church, 2217 Chicora Road, Chicora.
A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. from the church with the Rev. Joseph
Boomhower, church pastor, officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
Interment will be in Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia, Pa.
Arrangements by Hile Funeral Home, Chicora, Pa. |
