Thompson, James L.

Thompson, James L.

Male 1922 - 2001  (79 years)

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  • Name Thompson, James L. 
    Nickname Jim 
    Born 16 Feb 1922  Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 14 Apr 1930  Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1935  Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 25 Apr 1940  Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 5 Jul 1974  Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Died 18 Aug 2001  Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Buried Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I48612  Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2018 

    Father Thompson, Leonard R.,   b. 31 Oct 1886, Bartonia, Randolph County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1969, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Thomas, Rae Olive,   b. 12 Oct 1888, Hollansburg, Darke County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1974, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 21 Jun 1911  Darke County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children
    +1. Thompson, James L.,   b. 16 Feb 1922, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 2001, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     
    Family ID F18145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lanman, Joan,   b. 25 May 1924, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 2006, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 15 Sep 1942  Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Living
    +3. Living
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F18146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Feb 1922 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 14 Apr 1930 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 25 Apr 1940 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Sep 1942 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 5 Jul 1974 - Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Aug 2001 - Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1366] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 10 Jun 2018.
      Name: James L Thompson
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Age: 79
      Marital Status: Married
      Birth Date: 16 Feb 1922
      Birth Place: Indianapolis Indiana
      Death Date: 18 Aug 2001
      Death Place: St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
      Residence: 204 West View Circle, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana
      Father: Leonard Thompson
      Mother: Rae Thompson
      Spouse: Joan Thompson
      Informant: Joan Thompson, wife, 204 West View Circle, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana

      Researched by Ted Smith

    2. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 11 Jun 2018.
      Memorial ID 143448634
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143448634

      James L. "Jim" Thompson
      Birth: Feb. 16, 1922
      Indianapolis
      Marion County
      Indiana, USA
      Death: Aug. 18, 2001
      Lafayette
      Tippecanoe County
      Indiana, USA

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Joan Lanman Thompson (1924 - 2006)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Tippecanoe Memory Gardens
      West Lafayette
      Tippecanoe County
      Indiana, USA
      Plot: Main Chapel Center, Right Niches, Level 3

      Created by: Doc
      Record added: Mar 07, 2015
      Find A Grave Memorial# 143448634

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      Image of unidentified newspaper article on Find A Grave:

      James L. Thompson, 79

      James L. "Jim" Thompson, 79, of 304 Westview Circle, WL, died at 6:01 a.m. Saturday, August 18, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.

      Mr. Thompson retired in 1978 from Eli Lily and Co. in Lafayette, where he worked for 37 years as department head of purchasing.

      Born Feb. 16, 1922, in Indianapolis, he moved to Lafayette in 1953, when the Eli Lily plant was being built.

      Mr. Thompson was a member and deacon of Central Presbyterian Church, a 50-year Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite and Shrine in Indianapolis and was active in many organizations including the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Tippecanoe Historical Association and Central Presbyterian Church Foundation.

      He was past president of Friendship House Inc. and president of Purchasing Management Association of Lafayette, the Greater Lafayette Traffic Club and Castle Ridge Homeowners Association.

      He married Joan "Jody" Lanman on Sept. 15, 1942, in Indianapolis.

      Surviving are his wife; two sons, Mark (wife: Pam) and David (wife: Rene) of Lafayette, and a daughter, Amy Bucher (husband: Richard) of Clinton, Mass.

      Researched and Transcribed by Ted Smith

    3. [S937] 1930 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 10 Jun 2018.
      1930 Census, enumerated 14 Apr 1930 at 522 Wallace St in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States

      Leonard R Thompson Head M 43 Indiana
      Rae O Thompson Wife F 41 Ohio
      James L Thompson Son M 8 Indiana
      Nancy Thompson Mother F 88 Indiana

      "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4YN-NG6 : accessed 11 June 2018), Leonard R Thompson, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 137, sheet 34A, line 28, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 612; FHL microfilm 2,340,347.

      Researched by Ted Smith

    4. [S814] 1940 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 10 Jun 2018.
      1940 Census, enumerated 25 Apr 1940 at 522 Wallace St in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States

      Leonard R Thompson Head M 53 Indiana
      Rae Thompson Wife F 51 Ohio
      James L Thompson Son M 18 Indiana
      All lived in same house in 1935

      "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V11D-JMN : accessed 11 June 2018), Leonard R Thompson, Ward 9, Indianapolis, Center Township, Marion, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-139, sheet 9B, line 49, family 216, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1125.

      Researched by Ted Smith

    5. [S1366] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 10 Jun 2018.
      Name: Rae O Thompson
      [Rae O Thomas]
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Age: 85
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Birth Date: 21 Oct 1888
      Birth Place: Ohio
      Death Date: 5 Jul 1974
      Death Place: St Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
      Residence: 138 N. Pasadena, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
      Father: Charles A Thomas
      Mother: Laura Thomas
      Informant: James L. Thompson, son, 2018 Crestview Ct., Lafayette, Indiana

      Researched by Ted Smith

    6. [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 10 Jun 2018.
      The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jul 1974, Sat, Page 31

      Mrs. Rae Thompson

      Mrs. Rae O. Thompson, 85, 138 North Pasadena Street, widow of Leonard R. Thompson, died yesterday in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Lafayette. Services will be held at II a.m. Monday in Washington Park East Cemetery Chapel. Entombment will be in the cemetery mausoleum. Survivors include a son, James L. Thompson of Lafayette.

      Transcribed by Ted Smith

    7. [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 2), 11 Jun 2018.
      Journal and Courier, 19 Aug 2001, Sun, Page 24

      THOMPSON, James J. (sic)

      Memorial service at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at Central Presbyterian Church, Lafayette. Entombment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens. Surviving are 3 grandchildren, Chris Thompson, Amanda Bucher and Samuel Bucher; and 1 great-grandchild, Tyler Thompson. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Central Presbyterian Church Foundation, Foundation, 31 N. Seventh St., Lafayette 47904 or Friendship House, 1010 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette 47906. Soller-Baker funeral directors in charge of arrangements.

      A second notice appears on the same page:

      James L Thompson, 79

      James L. "Jim" Thompson, 79, of 304 Westview Circle, WL [West Lafayette], died at 6:01 a.m. Saturday.Aug. 18, 2001, in St. Elizabeth Medical Center.

      Mr. Thompson retired in 1978 from Eli Lilly and Co. in Lafayette, where he worked for 37 years as department head of purchasing.

      Born Feb. 16, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, he moved to Lafayette in 1953, when the Eli Lilly plant was being built.

      Mr. Thompson was a member and deacon of Central Presbyterian Church, a 50-year Mason, a member member of the Scottish Rite and Shrine in Indianapolis and was active in many organizations including the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Tippecanoe Historical Association and Central Presbyterian Church Foundation. He was past president of Friendship Friendship House Inc. and president of Purchasing Management Association Association of Lafayette, The Greater Lafayette Traffic Club and Castle Ridge Homeowners Association.

      He married Joan "Jody Lanman on Sept. 15, 1942, in Indianapolis.

      Surviving are his wife; two sons, Mark (wife: Pam) and David (wife: René) of Lafayette, and a daughter, Amy Bucher (husband: Richard) of Clinton, Mass.

      Transcribed by Ted Smith

    8. [S869] Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958, (https://familysearch.org) (Reliability: 3), 10 Jun 2018.
      Name Leonard R. Thompson
      Birth Date 1887
      Birthplace Randolph Co., Ind.
      Age 24
      Spouse's Name Rae Thomas
      Spouse's Birth Date 1889
      Spouse's Birthplace Hollandsburg, O.
      Spouse's Age 22
      Event Date 21 Jun 1911
      Event Place Darke, Ohio
      Father's Name Elihu Thompson
      Mother's Name Nancy Bowan
      Spouse's Father's Name Chas. A. Thomas
      Spouse's Mother's Name Laura Moore
      Marital Status Single
      Spouse's Marital Status Single

      "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD4N-F8W : 10 February 2018), Leonard R. Thompson and Rae Thomas, 21 Jun 1911; citing Darke, Ohio, reference 449; FHL microfilm 1,030,776.

      Researched by Ted Smith


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