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- On 06 Dec 1958 Carl fell 75 feet off of a coal shute that was being torn down in Denver, Colorado. In Mercy Hospital in Denver he lived for 12 days after the fall
and died on 18 Dec 1958.
Obit:
Injuries Received Recently In Fall Prove Fatal To Carl Thompson
Injures which Carl B. Thompson, 35, received on December 06 proved to be fatal to him, and he passed away on December 18 in a Denver hospital.
Mr. Thompson was critically injured when he fell 70 feet in an accident in Denver while working on a construction project which involved the erection of a coal chute for the Union Pacific Railroad. He passed away after twelve days, without regaining conscousness.
The son of Bert and Florence Thompson, of Brewster, Carl Thompson was born in Racine, Wis. on September 29, 1923. He was reared in Northwest Kansas and attended the public schools in Brewster. He served for 27 months in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific and Eastern Theatre of war.
He was united in marriage to Marjorie I. Starns on March 20, 1943 in Goodland, Kans., and the couple then farmed in this area. In 1952 he became an employee of the Union Pacfic Railroad in Sharon Springs in the water department, and in the spring of 1958 was transferred to LaSalle, Colo. He was on a leave of absence when the accident happened.
He became a member of the Methodist Church while at Sharon Springs.
In addition to his widow and psrents, he is survived by three children, Twila Joan, Dennis Eugene and Judy Ilene, all of the home. There also are five sisters, Mrs. Nancy Sporing, Goodland; Mrs. Letha Dickson, Sharon Springs; Mrs. Margaret Walker, Sharon Springs; Mrs. Carol Sporing, Brewster, and Mrs. Patricia Wolfe, Greeley; and onr brother, Wm Thompson, of Great Bend.
Services were conducted on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist church in Brewster with the Rev. Crandall officiating, and he was assisted by the Rev. Sidney Dillinger.
Interment was in the Brewster cemetery with the flag presentation made by members of the Brewster VFW Post who had served in the U.S. Navy.
Arrangements were in charge of the Lester F. Sage Funeral Home of Goodland.
Ex-Brewster man Dies Of Injuries
Injuries received in a Mine(Coal Shute) accident ten days ago near LaSalle, Colo., proved fatel yesterday to Carl Thompson former Brewster resident.
Mr. Thompson, 35, had been confined to a Denver hospital since the accident.
His remains were returned to Goodland this afternoon on the Rock Island ralway.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Lester F. Sage Funeral Home.
Information contributed by Twila Joan Thompson and Thomas Burton Thompson.
Died:
- BURIAL: Brewster Cemetery, Sherman County, Kansas, USA
PLOT: Sec 2nd; blk 7; lot 10 space 4
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1923 - 1958 (35 years)
