Mildred Mae Thompson

Mildred M. Thompson, 91, of Mason City, died Saturday, October 23, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 28, 2010, at St. James Lutheran Church, 1148 4th St. S.E., with Pastor Paul Nelson officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. Funeral services will continue at 3:00 P.M. Thursday at the Palestine Lutheran Church in 1375 HWY 210, Huxley, Iowa, burial will follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Mildred M. Thompson Memorial Fund in care of the family to be passed along to charitable organizations.
Mildred Mae Paulson was born in the farm home of her parents, Otto and Esther (Schricker) Paulson in Richland County, Wisconsin on March 27, 1919. She was the second child with five sisters and one brother. She was baptized July 13, 1919 and confirmed September 3, 1933 at Five Points Lutheran Church, rural Richland Center, WI. At the age of 16 she went to Chicago to work. After a few years she moved to Canton, SD and graduated from Augustana Academy. Her next goal was to get into parish work. She attended the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis, MN and graduated from Seattle school in 1950. For the three following years she was a secretary at the Seattle School. She married Ernest Thompson at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle, WA on June 5, 1953. They moved to Tacoma, WA and she was church secretary at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Tacoma, during the school year while Ernest completed college studies at Pacific Lutheran College. That summer they moved to St. Paul, MN for Lutheran Seminary. She became a homemaker and did secretary work for Ernie and as needed throughout his ministry for 50 years. As a homemaker, she enjoyed entertaining, baking bread, cookies and pies. She sewed much for herself; and especially enjoyed making quilts for LWR. With five sons there were many school and 4-H activities for parents to attend. Mildred will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by her husband, Ernest of Mason City; five sons, Nathan (Julie) Thompson of Anchorage, AK, Mark (Diane) Thompson of St. Michael, AK, Daniel Thompson (Barb) of Portland, OR, Jonathan (Jo) Thompson of Grays River, WA, Dr. Steven Thompson of San Francisco, CA; eight grandchildren, Rosalyn, Rachel, Nathan, Silas, Sidney, Paul, Benjamin (Sara), and Aaron; three sisters, Lillian Rambo of Mauston, WI, Evelyn Divorak of Richland Center, WI, Opal (Arthur) Thingvold of Blue River, WI; brother, Melvin Paulson of Richland Center, WI.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Dorothea and Violet.

Memorials:
In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Mildred M. Thompson Memorial Fund in care of the family to be passed along to charitable organizations.

Cemetery:
Palestine Lutheran Cemetery

Visitation:
Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Service:
Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 28, 2010, at St. James Lutheran Church, 1148 4th St. S.E., with Pastor Paul Nelson officiating.
Funeral services will continue at 3:00 P.M. Thursday at the Palestine Lutheran Church in 1375 HWY 210, Huxley, Iowa,