Obituary of Ronald L. Thompson

IN LOVING MEMORY OF RONALD L. THOMPSON Ronald L. Thompson, son of Robert C. and Margie (Baird) Thompson, was born December 15, 1940, in Norton County, Kansas, and passed away at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas, on May 17, 2014, at the age of 73. Ron grew up in the Almena community and attended the Almena schools. He attended some college classes and also served in the U.S. Army Reserves. On November 8, 1969, Ron and Kathy Johnson were united in marriage in Limon, Colorado. They lived in Phillipsburg, Kansas, for six years before returning to Almena, where Ron was a truck driver for Merrill Tibbetts and a farmer. Ron was a member of the Congregational Church in Almena. He enjoyed driving his truck, farming, and tinkering with machinery but his greatest love in life was his family, especially his granddaughters. Survivors include: his wife, Kathy Thompson, Almena; one daughter, Michelle Thompson, Almena; two sisters and their husbands, Shirley and Gene Moherman, Manhattan, Kansas, and Jacque and Bob Knake, Syracuse, Nebraska; two granddaughters, Kaci and Carlee; other relatives and friends. Ron was preceded in death by his parents, his step-father, Bob Rogers, and one sister, Betty Kent, and her husband, Vinton Kent, one nephew, Stephen Knake, and one niece, Melissa Hitchcock. A memorial has been established to the Ronald Thompson Memorial Fund.