1944
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2015
Mrs. Mary Thompson
July 20, 1944 — November 16, 2015
Mary Josephine (Frick) Thompson, 71, of Overland Park, passed away Nov. 16, 2015 at Research Medical Center. She was born July 20, 1944, in St. Louis, Mo. She married the love of her life, Russell, on New Year’s Eve 1966.
Mary, who graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (for the first of her many degrees), worked until she and Russell moved to Detroit, Mich., and they welcomed the birth of their first child. She filled her years with being an amazing woman of strength, world traveler, friend and wise confidant to many, and a student of the world that never stopped learning. She would give her left shoe for anyone who needed it, her generosity and support knew no bounds.
She was the perfect mom for each of her children, and grandmother extraordinaire to Nicholas and Brooks, whom she loved more than life itself.
She is preceded in death by her husband and her sister Norma. She is survived by her sons, Jonathan and Daniel, her daughter and son-in-law Nicole and Andrew Wheeler, as well as her two grandsons, Nicholas and Brooks Thompson. She is also survived by her brothers Howard and Gottlieb James (AKA Frickie), and nieces Debbie Petersen and Allison Frick.
Visitation will be held at Johnson County Chapel at 112th & Metcalf on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 6-8 p.m. Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at Johnson County Chapel. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Alzheimer’s Disease Research, www.brightfocus.org/alzheimers.
Mary, who graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (for the first of her many degrees), worked until she and Russell moved to Detroit, Mich., and they welcomed the birth of their first child. She filled her years with being an amazing woman of strength, world traveler, friend and wise confidant to many, and a student of the world that never stopped learning. She would give her left shoe for anyone who needed it, her generosity and support knew no bounds.
She was the perfect mom for each of her children, and grandmother extraordinaire to Nicholas and Brooks, whom she loved more than life itself.
She is preceded in death by her husband and her sister Norma. She is survived by her sons, Jonathan and Daniel, her daughter and son-in-law Nicole and Andrew Wheeler, as well as her two grandsons, Nicholas and Brooks Thompson. She is also survived by her brothers Howard and Gottlieb James (AKA Frickie), and nieces Debbie Petersen and Allison Frick.
Visitation will be held at Johnson County Chapel at 112th & Metcalf on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 6-8 p.m. Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at Johnson County Chapel. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Alzheimer’s Disease Research, www.brightfocus.org/alzheimers.
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