Melvin O THOMPSON

1897 - 1991  (94 years)

• Name	Melvin O THOMPSON
  Birth	1 Apr 1897	Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1991-MN-016463
  Occupation	Railroad Worker, “Oiler”
  Social Security Number	701-14-2503 Issued before 1951 as a RR (railroad) number
  Death	14 Jun 1991	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  	10:14 AM, St. Mary’s Medical Center
  Burial	Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	Diane says Melvin’s middle name was Ollie. Registered for the draft on June 5, 1918, in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, as Melvin O Thompson of Waubun. He lists his employer and nearest relative as his father, Erick Thompson, of Waubun in Lake Grove Twp. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair. “of Duluth” at the time of each of his parents’ funerals. Melvin, 31, Edith, 25, and Evelyn, 3.4, were renting a duplex at 725 3rd Avenue in Two Harbors, MN, at the time of the 1930 census. Their rent was $15/month and they did have a radio. Melvin was not a veteran. In the 1940 census, Melvin and his family lived at 2219 South Street in Duluth in a house they owned worth $1800. Melvin was a car man for a railroad. He had a sixth-grade education. His wife had had two years of high school. Melvin earned $1200 in 1939. In the 1941 Duluth city directory, he and Edith lived at 2219 South. He was an oiler for the DM&IR Railway. In the 1943 directory, he and Edith lived at 2219 South. He was repairman for Goodwill Industries. In the 1944 Duluth city directory, he was Melvin O Thompson, wife Edith, who lived at 2219 South. In this and all of the succeeding Duluth directories through 1960, he and Edith continued to live at 2219 South but Melvin had no occupation. Lived at 2219 East South Street in Duluth at the time of death. His death certificate shows that he had been educated through the eighth grade. He died of bronchial pneumonia complicated by or brought on by lymphocitic leukemia. The information in his death certificate came from Melvin Thompson, 1621 Beach Parkway, #202, Cape Coral, Florida. His obituary was published on p. D02 of the June 5, 1991, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune: Melvin O. Thompson, 94, of East South Street, died Tuesday, June 4, 1991, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. He was born in Clarissa, Minn., and had lived in Duluth since 1932. He had worked for the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway, retiring in 1941. He was a member of First Lutheran Church and Sons of Norway Lodge 1-017. His first wife, Edith, died in 1965, and his second wife, Mary, died in 1978. Surviving are a son, Melvin E. of Cape Coral, Fla.; a daughter, Evelyn Eastman of Mantague, Mich.; a sister, Ida Luce of Pen Hook, Va.; a brother, Clarence of Elk River, Minn.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in Johnson Mortuary, where services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
  Person ID	I294	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Erik (Erick) Andrew THOMPSON,   b. 6 May 1861, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 11 May 1948, Sanford Hospital, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Gunhild Mikkelsdatter (Julia) DIGENE,   b. 2 Jan 1868, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway d. 19 Mar 1942, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1889	Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elvera PEARSON,   b. 16 Oct 1904, Kittson County, Minnesota d. 3 Sep 2005, Pennington County, Minnesota (Age 100 years)
  Children	1. Russell Duwayne MADSEN,   b. 5 Oct 1926, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 11 Aug 1994, Benton County, Minnesota (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F16314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Edith OMAN,   b. 19 Feb 1905, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota d. 22 Jul 1965, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1926
  Children	1. Evelyn Viola THOMPSON,   b. 12 Nov 1926, Mahnomen County, Minnesota d. 2 Apr 2013, Michigan (Age 86 years)   2. D.E. THOMPSON   3. Melvin Everett THOMPSON,   b. 20 Jul 1930, Lake County, Minnesota d. 14 Jun 2009, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2018

  
  

  Family 3	Mary OLSON,   b. 24 Feb 1902, Wisconsin d. 26 Jun 1978, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1976	St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F7044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2007

  
  

• Photos

  Melvin Thompson A Thompson gathering at Rose's in July of 1968. Melvin Thompson, 71, is in the foreground. Recognizable in the background, on the left, is Ellen Thompson Werrell.