Lora M. Thompson Obituary (1911

ROCKLAND - Lora M. Thompson, widow of Willis E. Thompson, died Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at the Homestead in Owls Head. Born January 5, 1911 in Vienna, she was the daughter of John and Ethel Dowst McGaffey Sanborn. She was a secretary at the Portsmouth Navel Shipyard Accounting Office, and later worked at the Maine State Department of Transportation. Mrs. Thompson was a member and past Secretary/Treasurer of the Maine State Employees Association, Kno-Wal-Lin Chapter and a volunteer for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in Rockland. She attended the Congregational Church and most recently Aldersgate Methodist Church. She is survived by her niece Jean Hale, three grand-nieces and one grand-nephew all of Syracuse, New York. Her sense of humor, independence, and eternal youthfulness that carried her through her 95 years of life will be greatly missed by her dear friends, Cheryl Michaelsen and Michael Laposta, Jr., Mickey and Janet Laposta, Sr. all of Rockland, Gail and Percy Robinson of Thomaston, Cindy and David Dines, Alice and John Taylor all of Rockland, Deborah and Richard Specht of Waldoboro, Anne Mannheim of Boxford, MA and Paula Burgess of Owls Head. A public graveside committal service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at Village Cemetery, Thomaston. The Reverend Kathleen Towns will officiate. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Humane Society of Knox County, P. O. Box 1294, Rockland, Maine 04841. Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland. Please take a moment to visit Lora's Personal Online Guest Book.