The family of Curtis Cromwell Thompson and his wife Mary Martha Edmundson Thompson moved to Bloomfield in 1915. together with their four children, Earl, Andrew, Hal Edmundson, Leon Drexel and Ruth Opal. The family originated from Taylor County, Iowa near the town of Bedford.
They were a farm family and resided first on one of the Filter farms, one mile east and 4 1/2 miles north of town. Over the years, they occupied a number of farms, the George Tews farm northwest of Lindy, the Jerry Horrigan farm just a mile east of Bloomfield. The father's illness prompted a less active life and they moved to the north edge of Bloomfield. It was here Curtis passed away in 1933.
The family now grown, took up varied interests.
The eldest, Earl, became a auto mechanic and was employed at the Ford Garage for many years and with the onset of World War II, he entered the employ of the Quaker Oats Ordinance Plant at Grand Island. A local fireman, he continued in that area at the end of the ordinance plant, rising to the office of the assistant chief, retiring in later years. He married Edna Ladwig of Elgin and they had two sons, James of Omaha and Dennis of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Earl passed away in 1976. Edna continued living in Grand Island and worked as a registered nurse.
The second son, Hal, followed in the interest of his father, taking up farming on the farm 5 1/4 miles west on the old Center Highway. His mother and the younger members of the family also took residence there. Hal married Hazel Clarence of Bloomfield. They continued on the farm until 1947 when they sold out and moved to Sam Bernadino, CA. There they operated a community grocery store and later went into real estate. They had a son, Curtis, who resides in Fullerton, CA with his family. Hal passed away in 1974. Hazel remarried in 1988 to Glenn Graves.
Leon, from early youth was employed with the local grocery chain store first under the name R.C Moore and the becoming Council Oak. He remained in that line of work and was manager of their store at Tilden, NE and then transferred to the old home town store Bloomfield. He married Lillian Kliment of Atkinson and they had three children: Douglas of the state of Washington; David in Alton, Illinois; a daughter, Mary Susan in Witchita, Kansas. Two children died in infancy. Following service with the U.S. Army overseas during World War II, Leon returned to the grocery business here as manager and deciding on another line of work, they purchased a motel in Sterling, KS. He was also a mail clerk and carrier in Sterling and during that time, he suffered a paralytic stroke and he and his wife moved back to Bloomfield.
Ruth, the youngest, remained at home during her school years, and in 1935, married William A. Skrivan, a production employee of The Bloomfield Monitor.
Following her son Hal's departure from the community, their mother, Mary Thompson purchased a home in Bloomfield and later remarried to a Gottlob Plieninger, she preceded him in death 1966.
They were a farm family and resided first on one of the Filter farms, one mile east and 4 1/2 miles north of town. Over the years, they occupied a number of farms, the George Tews farm northwest of Lindy, the Jerry Horrigan farm just a mile east of Bloomfield. The father's illness prompted a less active life and they moved to the north edge of Bloomfield. It was here Curtis passed away in 1933.
The family now grown, took up varied interests.
The eldest, Earl, became a auto mechanic and was employed at the Ford Garage for many years and with the onset of World War II, he entered the employ of the Quaker Oats Ordinance Plant at Grand Island. A local fireman, he continued in that area at the end of the ordinance plant, rising to the office of the assistant chief, retiring in later years. He married Edna Ladwig of Elgin and they had two sons, James of Omaha and Dennis of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Earl passed away in 1976. Edna continued living in Grand Island and worked as a registered nurse.
The second son, Hal, followed in the interest of his father, taking up farming on the farm 5 1/4 miles west on the old Center Highway. His mother and the younger members of the family also took residence there. Hal married Hazel Clarence of Bloomfield. They continued on the farm until 1947 when they sold out and moved to Sam Bernadino, CA. There they operated a community grocery store and later went into real estate. They had a son, Curtis, who resides in Fullerton, CA with his family. Hal passed away in 1974. Hazel remarried in 1988 to Glenn Graves.
Leon, from early youth was employed with the local grocery chain store first under the name R.C Moore and the becoming Council Oak. He remained in that line of work and was manager of their store at Tilden, NE and then transferred to the old home town store Bloomfield. He married Lillian Kliment of Atkinson and they had three children: Douglas of the state of Washington; David in Alton, Illinois; a daughter, Mary Susan in Witchita, Kansas. Two children died in infancy. Following service with the U.S. Army overseas during World War II, Leon returned to the grocery business here as manager and deciding on another line of work, they purchased a motel in Sterling, KS. He was also a mail clerk and carrier in Sterling and during that time, he suffered a paralytic stroke and he and his wife moved back to Bloomfield.
Ruth, the youngest, remained at home during her school years, and in 1935, married William A. Skrivan, a production employee of The Bloomfield Monitor.
Following her son Hal's departure from the community, their mother, Mary Thompson purchased a home in Bloomfield and later remarried to a Gottlob Plieninger, she preceded him in death 1966.
The family of Curtis Cromwell Thompson and his wife Mary Martha Edmundson Thompson moved to Bloomfield in 1915. together with their four children, Earl, Andrew, Hal Edmundson, Leon Drexel and Ruth Opal. The family originated from Taylor County, Iowa near the town of Bedford.
They were a farm family and resided first on one of the Filter farms, one mile east and 4 1/2 miles north of town. Over the years, they occupied a number of farms, the George Tews farm northwest of Lindy, the Jerry Horrigan farm just a mile east of Bloomfield. The father's illness prompted a less active life and they moved to the north edge of Bloomfield. It was here Curtis passed away in 1933.
The family now grown, took up varied interests.
The eldest, Earl, became a auto mechanic and was employed at the Ford Garage for many years and with the onset of World War II, he entered the employ of the Quaker Oats Ordinance Plant at Grand Island. A local fireman, he continued in that area at the end of the ordinance plant, rising to the office of the assistant chief, retiring in later years. He married Edna Ladwig of Elgin and they had two sons, James of Omaha and Dennis of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Earl passed away in 1976. Edna continued living in Grand Island and worked as a registered nurse.
The second son, Hal, followed in the interest of his father, taking up farming on the farm 5 1/4 miles west on the old Center Highway. His mother and the younger members of the family also took residence there. Hal married Hazel Clarence of Bloomfield. They continued on the farm until 1947 when they sold out and moved to Sam Bernadino, CA. There they operated a community grocery store and later went into real estate. They had a son, Curtis, who resides in Fullerton, CA with his family. Hal passed away in 1974. Hazel remarried in 1988 to Glenn Graves.
Leon, from early youth was employed with the local grocery chain store first under the name R.C Moore and the becoming Council Oak. He remained in that line of work and was manager of their store at Tilden, NE and then transferred to the old home town store Bloomfield. He married Lillian Kliment of Atkinson and they had three children: Douglas of the state of Washington; David in Alton, Illinois; a daughter, Mary Susan in Witchita, Kansas. Two children died in infancy. Following service with the U.S. Army overseas during World War II, Leon returned to the grocery business here as manager and deciding on another line of work, they purchased a motel in Sterling, KS. He was also a mail clerk and carrier in Sterling and during that time, he suffered a paralytic stroke and he and his wife moved back to Bloomfield.
Ruth, the youngest, remained at home during her school years, and in 1935, married William A. Skrivan, a production employee of The Bloomfield Monitor.
Following her son Hal's departure from the community, their mother, Mary Thompson purchased a home in Bloomfield and later remarried to a Gottlob Plieninger, she preceded him in death 1966.
They were a farm family and resided first on one of the Filter farms, one mile east and 4 1/2 miles north of town. Over the years, they occupied a number of farms, the George Tews farm northwest of Lindy, the Jerry Horrigan farm just a mile east of Bloomfield. The father's illness prompted a less active life and they moved to the north edge of Bloomfield. It was here Curtis passed away in 1933.
The family now grown, took up varied interests.
The eldest, Earl, became a auto mechanic and was employed at the Ford Garage for many years and with the onset of World War II, he entered the employ of the Quaker Oats Ordinance Plant at Grand Island. A local fireman, he continued in that area at the end of the ordinance plant, rising to the office of the assistant chief, retiring in later years. He married Edna Ladwig of Elgin and they had two sons, James of Omaha and Dennis of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Earl passed away in 1976. Edna continued living in Grand Island and worked as a registered nurse.
The second son, Hal, followed in the interest of his father, taking up farming on the farm 5 1/4 miles west on the old Center Highway. His mother and the younger members of the family also took residence there. Hal married Hazel Clarence of Bloomfield. They continued on the farm until 1947 when they sold out and moved to Sam Bernadino, CA. There they operated a community grocery store and later went into real estate. They had a son, Curtis, who resides in Fullerton, CA with his family. Hal passed away in 1974. Hazel remarried in 1988 to Glenn Graves.
Leon, from early youth was employed with the local grocery chain store first under the name R.C Moore and the becoming Council Oak. He remained in that line of work and was manager of their store at Tilden, NE and then transferred to the old home town store Bloomfield. He married Lillian Kliment of Atkinson and they had three children: Douglas of the state of Washington; David in Alton, Illinois; a daughter, Mary Susan in Witchita, Kansas. Two children died in infancy. Following service with the U.S. Army overseas during World War II, Leon returned to the grocery business here as manager and deciding on another line of work, they purchased a motel in Sterling, KS. He was also a mail clerk and carrier in Sterling and during that time, he suffered a paralytic stroke and he and his wife moved back to Bloomfield.
Ruth, the youngest, remained at home during her school years, and in 1935, married William A. Skrivan, a production employee of The Bloomfield Monitor.
Following her son Hal's departure from the community, their mother, Mary Thompson purchased a home in Bloomfield and later remarried to a Gottlob Plieninger, she preceded him in death 1966.
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