OBIT: George William THOMPSON, 2002, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  THOMPSON
  
  George William Thompson, 87, of Garrett Shortcut Road, Berlin, died Dec.
  10, 2002, at Meadow View Nursing Center, Berlin.  Born Nov. 12, 1915 in
  Somerset. Son of George William and Frannie (Leavens), Thompson Sr.
  Preceded death by parents, brother Reginald Thompson, three sisters, Marye
  Oliver, Gladys Prestwidge and Evelyn Stewart.  Survived by wife, the former
  Roberta Byrd, a daughter Ms. Delores Thompson of Somerset, a granddaughter,
  Mrs. Georgette C. Poindexter of Lafayette Hill, and a great-grandson, Colin
  Poindexter.  Brother of Hazel T. Barrett of Baltimore, Md.  Member of St.
  Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church.  A 1935 graduate of Somerset High
  School.  Owner and operator of Thompson's Salvage Yard of Somerset for 67
  years.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the
  Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home. Service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at
  St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Somerset, with the Rev. Dr. J.
  Mark Zimmerman officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.
  Contributions may be made to St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church,
  Husband Road, Somerset, Pa. 15501.
  
  Daily American, December 11, 2002
  
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