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Sue Ellen Thompson
SUE ELLEN THOMPSON
Cedar Rapids
Sue Ellen Thompson, 84, of Cedar Rapids, passed away
on Oct. 1, 2021, at Westridge Care Center in Cedar Rapids. Family will be holding a private graveside service
with burial in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
Sue Ellen Bargesser was born Oct. 7, 1936, in Goreville, Ill.; the daughter of Dallas
and Ruby (Thomason) Bargesser. Sue Ellen graduated from Carbondale High School in 1954, and later from Draughon's Business College in Paducha, Ky. Sue was united in marriage to H.F. Tommy Thompson of Paducha, Ky., on Jan. 22, 1955, in Corinth, Miss. She and Tommy moved to Cedar Rapids in 1963. Sue retired as a production coordinator for CMF&Z Advertising in Cedar Rapids. Sue's hobbies were playing the piano, working with plants and flowers, she loved playing scrabble on the computer, having great family get togethers and bowling three to four times a week.
Surviving are three sons, Doug (Shirley), Greg (Jody) and Rod Thompson, all of Cedar Rapids; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and two nieces, Zaunda Peacock and Jan Hirons.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her twin children, Tina and Terry in 1962; a grandson, Matthew Glen Thompson, in 2001; and her brother, Carl Jr. Bargesser and sister-in-law, Anna Mae Bargesser of Mount Vernon, Ill.
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