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Visitation:
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday March 11, 2015 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Service:
10:00 a.m. Thursday March 12, 2015 at the funeral
home.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
LINCOLN - Ronald Lee (Rod) Thompson, 76, passed away
at 4:30 a.m. on March 8, 2015 at his home surrounded
by his loving family.
Rod was born on April 27, 1938 in Chicago; son of
Lawrence Caleb and Margie Lucille Zimmermann
Thompson. He married Marlene Young on February 27,
1976 in Lincoln. She survives him in Lincoln.
Also surviving Rod are his step children: Beth
(Bret) Farmer, Sheri (Neil) Leesman, and Brian (Amy)
Gordon; seven grandchildren: Cory (Chynna) Farmer,
Brandon (Courtnee) Farmer, Megan Farmer, Kaleb
Gordon, Tate Gordon, Jenna Leesman, and Betsy
Leesman; four great grandchildren: Addie, Mesa,
Falyn and Sofia; several nieces and nephews. He was
preceded in death by his parents, four brothers:
Norman, Vernon, L.C. Thompson Jr., and Victor
Eugene; one sister Dorothy Thompson McCance. Rod was
the last of his immediate family.
Rod’s hobbies were varied from making Indian Style
Jewelry to collecting coins and vintage watches. He
belonged to Lincoln Railsplitter Coin Club and
Springfield Numismatic Association. He was a
Teamster Member Local 916 for 30 years, and retired
as a truck driver in 2000 from the state of Illinois
( L.D.C.) . He also belonged to several other
unions: The United Steel Workers of America, where
he worked for Republic Steel Corp. and U. S. Steel
both in Chicago for 6 years. After retiring, Rod
worked for Graue Chevy for 14 years as a part time
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Rod loved to travel having been on over a dozen
cruises and had visited all 48 lower states and 3
out of 4 of all the National Parks. He was also an
avid Cub fan and loved old Mississippi Delta Blues
music.
Services for Rod will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday March
12, 2015 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln, with Rev. Lisa Goodwin officiating.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday
March 11, 2015 also at the funeral home. A burial at
St. Mary’s Cemetery will follow the service.
Memorials may be given to the Humane Society of
Logan County or Memorial Hospice.
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