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- Evelyn M'Keown, Mediapolis, Bride of Mr. Thompson
Special in the Democrat
Morning Sun, Ia. - Miss Evelyn McKeown, Mediapolis, and Kenneth Thompson, were married in the home of the bride's parents Wednesday noon, the Rev. H.G. Patterson, Reformed Presbyterian church, reading the single ring ceremony. Their attendants were Lucile McKeown, sister of the bride, and Wilmer Thompson, brother of the bridegroom.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester McKeown, near Mediapolis, and Mr. Thompson, the son of Mrs. Blanche Thompson, Morning Sun.
They will be at home March 1, on a farm near Pleasant Grove.
Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Friday, 3 January 1941.
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- The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa. 25 February 2014.
Evelyn Grace Thompson, 93, of Burlington died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. Born Dec. 1, 1920, at home near Newport, she was the daughter of Chester Alan and Minnie Clara Wunnenberg McKeown. On Jan. 1, 1941, she married Kenneth "Ken" Thompson in Northfield, and he died Sept. 30, 2003.
Mrs. Thompson and her husband farmed and raised their family in Northfield. They sold the farm and traveled and volunteered with group homes for youth in Iowa and Texas.
She graduated in Mediapolis High School and Burlington Business College, was a member of First United Presbyterian Church in Mediapolis and attended Heritage Baptist Church in Burlington. She was a member of several Bible study groups.
Survivors include one son, Lee Thompson of Burlington; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and two nieces.
Besides her husband, she was precede in death by one son and one sister.
The funeral for Mrs. Thompson will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis, with the Rev. Deb Kinney officiating, and family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. before the service. Burial will be in Kossuth Cemetery, rural Mediapolis, and a lunch gathering will follow at Apron Strings in Mediapolis.
A memorial has been established for Mediapolis Public Library.
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