Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Thompson, Ledyard August 26, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 28, 2011 
  Ledyard Thompson 
  
  SUEDBERG Ledyard "Ledge" Thompson, 81, of Schuylkill County, passed away on 
  Friday, August 26, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon. Born on 
  April 18, 1930, in Suedberg, he was the son of the late John W. and Eva Behney 
  Thompson. He was an active member of the Suedberg Church of God, serving as 
  the Financial Secretary. Ledge was a 1948 graduate of Pine Grove High School. 
  He served in the U.S. Navy, the National Guard, and was a member of the Air 
  Force Auxiliary. He had been a director on the Pine Grove School Board and 
  served as President of the Pine Grove High School Band Parents for several 
  years. He was a past president of the Pine Grove Lions Club, and served two 
  years as a Worshipful Master of the Pine Grove Masonic Lodge #409 F. & A. M. 
  He was the last living charter member of the Suedberg Fire Company. Ledge was 
  a Certified Master Technician with Chrysler & A.S.E. Along with his wife, 
  Kathleen, he operated Thompson's Garage in Suedberg for 20 years. He worked 
  for L. & B. Dodge Chrysler Plymouth for 10 years until his retirement. He was 
  a private, commercial, and helicopter pilot, and an instrument flight 
  instructor, having taught many local pilots how to fly. His love of flying he 
  shared with his father, brothers, and fellow pilots. Often, he provided plane 
  rides to his daughters, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and would 
  surprise his daughter's friends with offers of plane rides both as children 
  and adults. He managed the Pine Grove Airport for the Pine Grove Air Service 
  and Boyer Land Corp. He was a member of the Civil Air Patrol and also held an 
  amateur radio license. Collecting pipes and his interest in history were two 
  of his hobbies. He contributed in the writing of "Come Fly with Me", a history 
  of aviation in Pine Grove, compiled by the Historical Society. Having lived in 
  Suedberg most of his life, he was jokingly called the Mayor of Suedberg by his 
  friends. Ledge volunteered and mowed land for the Swatara State Park and in 
  these last years enjoyed helping his brother, Bernie maintain his acres of 
  land. Preceding him in death were two brothers, Richard Thompson and William 
  Thompson; and a sister, Anna Swisher. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen E. 
  Wolfe Thompson, with whom he enjoyed a marital span of 60 years; three 
  daughters, Donna Jean, wife of Wade Donmoyer of Pine Grove, Vicky, wife of 
  Jeffrey Benko of Berwick, Eileen, wife of John Mitchell of Ephrata; five 
  granddaughters, Bridget Donofrio, Erin Brown, Erica Thomas, Emily Kocher, and 
  Becky Allen-Mitchell; four great-grandsons; four great-granddaughters; one 
  brother, Bernard Thompson, and a sister, Joan Shirley Ragus, both of Pine 
  Grove; and nieces and nephews. Funeral services willl be held on Friday, 
  September 2, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. in the H.L. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc., Pine 
  Grove, with the Rev. Terry Jansma officiating. There will be a viewing on 
  Friday from 9 a.m. until time of service, with Masonic services being held at 
  11:15 a.m. Interment will follow in the Suedberg Church of God Cemetery. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 28, 2011 
  
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