Alice Thompson, 95

Alice M. Thompson, 95, of Fergus Falls, formerly of the Dalton area, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls.

She was born Dec. 9, 1912, the daughter of Peder and Hilda (Gullickson) Thorson, at their farm in Leaf Mountain Township in Otter Tail County. She grew up in Leaf Mountain Township and attended School District 70.

On Dec. 18, 1930, she married Guy Thompson in Fergus Falls. They made their home on a farm in Eagle Lake Township. In 1938, they moved to a farm in Lund Township, later St. Olaf Township. After leaving the farm in 1968, they moved to their home in Fergus Falls. Following Guy’s death in 1984, Alice lived at the Page House, Riverview Apartments, Lake Region Skilled Nursing Facility and Pioneer Home, all in Fergus Falls.

Alice was a cook at the Highway Inn Café in Fergus Falls for several years before beginning her employment with the Fergus Falls State Hospital in 1953, where she was a cook and worked in the sewing room. After her retirement from there in 1976, she worked part time at Hillcrest Lutheran Academy and Pioneer Nursing Home, both in the dietary department.

She was a member of Kvam Lutheran Church in rural Dalton, the Fergus Royal Neighbors, the American Legion Auxiliary of Ashby, the Eagles Club, Sons of Norway and the VFW Auxiliary, all in Fergus Falls.

She organized the St. Olaf Homemakers Club and the St. Olaf 4-H Club and was a faithful worker at the Lake Region Pioneer Threshermans Reunion in Dalton. Alice enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking lefse, fishing and playing cards. She thoroughly enjoyed being with her family.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Guy; a son, Harlan; a daughter, Joan Evavold; a grandson, Michael Thompson; a great-great-granddaughter, Isabelle Richarte; three sisters, Verna Veazie, Selma Anderson and Deloris Braasch; and three brothers, James, Delmer and Palmer Thorson.

Survivors include her children, Duane (Marj) of Ashby, Gerald (Bev) of Fergus Falls, Yvonne (Harold) Anderson of Dilworth and Dennis (Patricia) of Fergus Falls; 20 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, LaVay Thompson; a son-in-law, Norbert Evavold, along with a sister-in-law, Frances Thorson of Fergus Falls and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials are preferred to the Kvam Cemetery Fund

Visitation: Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church

Service: 1 p.m. Monday at Kvam Lutheran Church, rural Dalton

Clergy: Rev. Steve Carlson

Burial: Kvam Cemetery, rural Dalton

Funeral Home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls

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