Burial was at Forest Hill Cemetery in Milwaukee.
Elvin Thompson was born March 25, 1902, in Vineland Township Polk County, Minn., near Climax, the son of Peder A. and Maria Thompson. He was a carpenter in Crookston and West Allis and operated a restaurant in Milwaukee. He also worked for many years with the Schlitz Brewery. On June 13, 1925, he married Frances Ergeson in Crookston. They moved to Milwaukee in 1927 and to West Allis a few years later, Frances Thompson died in 1984.
Survivors are his brother, Palmer, West Allis; sister, Mable (Mrs. E.S.) Benson, Seattle, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Thorvald, Marthenius, Henry, Arthur, John, Olaf, Peter, Hans and Marcus, and by sisters, Helene, Klara, Bertha Hanstad, Thea Peterson, Magda Moen and Esther Rarick.
Grand Forks Herald (ND) - January 16, 1990
Burial was at Forest Hill Cemetery in Milwaukee.
Elvin Thompson was born March 25, 1902, in Vineland Township Polk County, Minn., near Climax, the son of Peder A. and Maria Thompson. He was a carpenter in Crookston and West Allis and operated a restaurant in Milwaukee. He also worked for many years with the Schlitz Brewery. On June 13, 1925, he married Frances Ergeson in Crookston. They moved to Milwaukee in 1927 and to West Allis a few years later, Frances Thompson died in 1984.
Survivors are his brother, Palmer, West Allis; sister, Mable (Mrs. E.S.) Benson, Seattle, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Thorvald, Marthenius, Henry, Arthur, John, Olaf, Peter, Hans and Marcus, and by sisters, Helene, Klara, Bertha Hanstad, Thea Peterson, Magda Moen and Esther Rarick.
Grand Forks Herald (ND) - January 16, 1990
Family Members
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Bertha Thompson Hanstad
1886–1969
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Thea Thompson Peterson
1888–1980
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Magda Thompson Moen
1890–1979
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John Fredrick Thompson
1892–1977
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Olaf Thompson
1896–1975
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Peter Thompson
1898–1960
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Hans Thompson
1900–1962
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Marcus Thompson
1905–1973
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Esther Josephine Thompson Rarick
1907–1988
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Mable Thompson Benson
1909–2011
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Palmer Thompson
1911–1997
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