IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Earl W.
Thompson
September 4, 1919 – February 17, 2015
Obituary
Norwich, VT- Earl W. Thompson, 95, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Valley Terrace in Wilder, VT.
He was born September 4, 1919 in Littleton, NH a son of William Ira and Ethel May (Deering) Thompson. His family moved to Canaan, NH at an early age where he grew up and graduated from high school. He served his country as a gunner in the Army Air Corps during WWII. During this time in Europe he flew a mission on July 4, 1942 to bomb a Nazi submarine pen and later served in North Africa with the "Mighty 8th". Upon his return he took courses using the GI Bill to become a professional operating room photographer at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, NH, he then worked various jobs throughout the Upper Valley before becoming a clerk at the Norwich Post Office where he worked until retiring in the mid 1980's
Earl has been a member of the Lyman Pell post for sixty four years in 1998 he was honored as Vermont Legionnaire of the year. In 2004 he and his daughter were flown down to Washington DC to attend the WWII dedication on Memorial Day weekend. He was instrumental in contacting local business in Norwich to sponsor new flags to be displayed on Main Street in Norwich during the patriotic holidays. He was responsible for storing and placing and removing them throughout the years. He was also active in Boy Scouts of America, the Norwich Lions, and the Norwich Volunteer Fire Department. He was a supporter of the Norwich Library and Historical Society, and an active member of the Cemetery Commission.
Earl is predeceased by his wife Regina "Jean" (McCabe) Thompson, daughter Mary Jean Ball and sisters Isabel, Ruth and Carmen.
He is survived by a daughter Barbara Mitchell and her husband David of Fairhaven, MA, a son Harold Frost, PhD and his wife Bev of Sheffield, five grandchildren, Harry, Catherine, Ed, Matt and Sarah, and three great-grandchildren, Grant, Burke, and Mara, a brother John of Cambridge, MA, and very close friends Jim and Debbie Harlow.
Visiting hours will be held Friday, March 6 from 4-7PM at the Knight Funeral Home in White River Junction, VT. A funeral service will be held Saturday, March 7 at 1PM at the Norwich Congregational Church in Norwich. A private committal service will be held at a later date in the Hillside Cemetery in Norwich.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lyman Pell American Legion Post 8, PO Box 324, Norwich VT 05055
He was born September 4, 1919 in Littleton, NH a son of William Ira and Ethel May (Deering) Thompson. His family moved to Canaan, NH at an early age where he grew up and graduated from high school. He served his country as a gunner in the Army Air Corps during WWII. During this time in Europe he flew a mission on July 4, 1942 to bomb a Nazi submarine pen and later served in North Africa with the "Mighty 8th". Upon his return he took courses using the GI Bill to become a professional operating room photographer at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, NH, he then worked various jobs throughout the Upper Valley before becoming a clerk at the Norwich Post Office where he worked until retiring in the mid 1980's
Earl has been a member of the Lyman Pell post for sixty four years in 1998 he was honored as Vermont Legionnaire of the year. In 2004 he and his daughter were flown down to Washington DC to attend the WWII dedication on Memorial Day weekend. He was instrumental in contacting local business in Norwich to sponsor new flags to be displayed on Main Street in Norwich during the patriotic holidays. He was responsible for storing and placing and removing them throughout the years. He was also active in Boy Scouts of America, the Norwich Lions, and the Norwich Volunteer Fire Department. He was a supporter of the Norwich Library and Historical Society, and an active member of the Cemetery Commission.
Earl is predeceased by his wife Regina "Jean" (McCabe) Thompson, daughter Mary Jean Ball and sisters Isabel, Ruth and Carmen.
He is survived by a daughter Barbara Mitchell and her husband David of Fairhaven, MA, a son Harold Frost, PhD and his wife Bev of Sheffield, five grandchildren, Harry, Catherine, Ed, Matt and Sarah, and three great-grandchildren, Grant, Burke, and Mara, a brother John of Cambridge, MA, and very close friends Jim and Debbie Harlow.
Visiting hours will be held Friday, March 6 from 4-7PM at the Knight Funeral Home in White River Junction, VT. A funeral service will be held Saturday, March 7 at 1PM at the Norwich Congregational Church in Norwich. A private committal service will be held at a later date in the Hillside Cemetery in Norwich.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lyman Pell American Legion Post 8, PO Box 324, Norwich VT 05055
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