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Visitation:
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. at
the Eminence Christian Church.
Service:
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the church.
Funeral home:
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta
Obituary
Kathryn A. "Kay" Thompson, 96, of
Atlanta, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at
Goldwater Care in Bloomington.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, June 17,
2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the Eminence Christian Church
in rural Atlanta with Pastor Henry Johnson
officiating.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 17, 2025,
from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the Eminence
Christian Church.
Burial will follow the service at the Atlanta
Cemetery in Atlanta, IL.
Kathryn A. Carson was born in Urbana on March 29,
1929, the daughter of J. Kemp and Davena MacKay
Carson. She was united in marriage to Robert J.
"Bob" Thompson on September 6, 1952, at The Little
Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua, Iowa. He
preceded her in death on January 15, 2014.
She is survived by two sons: Doug (La Verne)
Thompson and Brian (Karen) Thompson; one
daughter-in-law, Adriana Thompson; six
grandchildren: Janelle (Brett) Hermann, Nathan (Nicki)
Thompson, Adam (Patri) Thompson, Jason (Sharon)
Hogan, Michelle (Andy) Baragona, and Kelsey
Thompson; seven great-grandchildren: Quinn, Beau,
Reese, Nolan, Meredith, Winnie, and Mark; and two
brothers: John M. (Joanne) Carson and James W.
(Marlene) Carson. Also surviving are several nieces
and nephews. |
She was preceded in death by her
parents, husband, and one son, Mark A. Thompson.
Kay graduated from the Paxton High School in 1947.
She then graduated from the University of Illinois
with a Bachelor of Education degree in 1951 and the
following year she taught second grade in Delavan.
After marriage, Kay moved to rural Atlanta and
became an active farm wife and mother. She returned
to teaching as a substitute teacher in the Olympia
School District #16 for 30 years, retiring in 1996.
Kay loved serving her Lord and playing the piano and
organ at the Eminence Christian Church for 50 years.
She was also an active member of the Ladies Cemetery
Association of Atlanta and Eminence Ladies Aide. Her
devotion to family was grounded in a history of
summer gatherings at Lake Okoboji, Iowa. Kay had a
passion for genealogy and researched generations of
family lineage of the Carson, MacKay, Thompson, and
Crihfield families. This passion led her to meet
family she had never known.
Memorials may made to the Eminence Christian Church.
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
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