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Obituary: CAROL JOYCE HERSHEY
Carol Joyce Browning of Hudson passed away May 13, 2018. She was born in Fresno, California on January 4, 1933 to George Daniel and Pearl Emma (Lockhart) Hershey. She grew up in Kansas and Oklahoma and Colorado with her sister, Norma Jean and brother, Kenneth Harlan Hershey.
In 1949 she married Ralph Sheldon ?Bob? Thompson and to this union she was blessed with her three children . Five years later she became a single parent of three and made motherhood and her home the two most important things in her life.
In 1962 she married Laverne Purl ?Bud? Browning and they moved from Denver to Commerce City. In the 60?s and 70?s she served as a deaconess at the Henderson Congregational Church. In 1969 her family moved to Lochbuie.
In the 70?s she moved to Hudson and she and her son raised hogs for market.
She was a hard worker that loved to garden flowers and vegetables. She had a beautiful voice and sang Gospel and old Country and Western songs. She enjoyed dancing with her husband Bud and loved taking care of her hogs her horse Sweet Widow and her dog Champ.
She is preceded in death by her parents both husbands and a granddaughter Amanda Thompson.


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Gravesite Information: Carol Joyce Hershey Browning
BIRTH 4 Jan 1933
Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA
DEATH 13 May 2018 (aged 85)
BURIAL Fort Logan National Cemetery
Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
PLOT Section 45, Site 1001
MEMORIAL ID 189816497

Carol married Ralph Sheldon Thompson on 21 Dec 1949 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Ralph (son of Elmer Alexander Thompson and Thelma Loretta Nicholas) was born on 08 Dec 1927 in Edson, Sherman County, Kansas; died on 18 Jul 1971 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; was buried on 21 July 1971 in Crown Hill Memorial Park, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ralph and Carol were divorced.

1. Daniel Eugene Thompson
2. Loretta Pearl Thompson was born on 30 Nov 1951 in Stratton, Kit Carson County, Colorado; died on 27 Nov 2021.
3. Gary Dean Thompson

Carol married Laverne Purl Browning on 02 Jun 1962 in Henderson, Adams County. Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Pearl Emma Lockhart. Pearl (daughter of ? Lockhart and ? Harriman) was born on 30 Aug 1910 in Fresno, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

? married ? Harriman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]