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- Lydia was a School Teacher.
Mrs. Fred Thompson Dies In Colby Hospital
Lydia Doris Thompson, 54, wife of Fred Thompson of Brewster, Kans., passed away on Tuesday evening in the Colby hospital, where she had been a patient for several weeks.
Born at Agra, Kans. in October 29, 1904, she was the duaghter of Earnest Isernhagen and Anna Marie Miller. She attended the Agra schools, and intermittingly attended Fort Hays State Teacher's College at Hays, Kans., to gain credit hours while teaching school. She taught one year at Agra. and one year at the Muldrow school.
The Isernhagen family moved to Brewster in 1924, and on December 5, 1924, Lydia Isernhagen was united in marriage to Fred Thompson at Colby, Kans. The couple established their home at Brewster after their marriage and have lived there since.
A member of the Lutheran Church at Brewster, Mrs. Thompson was active in Church work, taught a Sunday school class and took part in the missionary society. She also was a member of the Semper Fidelis Study Club and took great interest in the American Legion Auxiliary, of which she was a past president.
Mrs. Thompson's survivors are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Rosalie Smith of Oral, South Dak., two grandchildren. Frederick and Lynda Sue Smith; a sister, Mrs. Martha Ryan of Brewster; four brothers, Walter, Louis, Alvin and Ray Isernhagen, all of Goodland, Kans.
Funeral services will be held on Friday morning at 10:00 o'clock (MST) in the Lutheran Church at Goodland with the Rev. E.J. Beckmann officiating.
Interment will be in the Goodland cemetery with the Lester Sage Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.
Pall bearers are Ray Craige, Glenn Root, Alvin Helin, I.N. Brown, Warren Reid, Fred Carpenter, Jim Lehman, Ellis Rainsey and Wayne Deeds.
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