Arnold C. Thompson
Arnold C. Thompson, 74, of Cherokee, Iowa died Saturday
April 12, 2008 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center, Cherokee, Iowa
following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday April 17,
2008 at the Greenwood Funeral Home, Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Gregg Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in the Meriden
Cemetery, Meriden, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 10:00
A.M. to 8:00 P.M. with the family present 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the
Greenwood Funeral Home, Cherokee, Iowa. Military
graveside honors will be conducted by V.F.W L.A. Wescott
Post # 2253. Online condolences may be
left at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.
Arnold was born on June 21,
1933 in Berea, Kentucky to William Lee and Rosie May (Clemmens) Thompson. He
attended school in Berea, Kentucky
at the Log Cabin Road School near Berea. He entered the United States Air Force and
served in Sioux City, Iowa.
While working in Sioux City he met Idabell Olson and they were married November 29, 1957 in Dakota City, Nebraska. He upholstered furniture and drove truck for
a few years, before moving to Cherokee, Iowa
to work for the Cherokee Fire Department as a Fire Truck Driver and pump
operator, a position he held from 1973-1986.
He also worked part-time for the Cherokee Public School
system as a bus driver. Arnold also upholstered
part-time and assisted in raising 7 children.
Arnold
enjoyed his grandchildren and great grandchildren, woodworking, gardening,
attending to his dogs. He also enjoyed
playing musical instruments and enjoyed entertaining the residents of area
nursing homes.
He is survived by his wife, Idabell;
daughters, Elaine Whiteford and her husband, Geoff,
of Moora, Australia; Tammy Millikan
and her husband, Mark, of Meriden, IA; Vicki Hill and her husband, Charles, of
Meriden, IA; Valerie Decker and her husband, Brian, of Cherokee, IA; sons, Tim
Thompson and his wife, Missy, of Cherokee, IA; Randy Thompson and special
friend Cindy Rex of Cherokee, IA; Carl Thompson and his wife, Vickie, of
Cherokee, IA; Kenny Thompson and his wife, Vola, of
Sand Gap, KY; 24 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sisters, Ruth Switzer
and her husband, Victor, of Berea, KY; Shirley Gilbert and her husband, Grant,
of Richmond, KY; Faye Willis and her husband, Charles, of Berea, KY; Brenda Anglin and her husband, Glendon,
of Berea, KY; a brother, Edgar Thompson and his wife, Bea, of Remsey, IN. and a sister-in-law, Christine Thompson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Lori
(1963), three brothers, Howard, Preston, and
R.J. “Russell”; a sister, Ruby Thompson.
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