THOMPSON, Cora Mae
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, 9-Sep-1963, p 7
Covington - Cora Mae Thompson, 68, was found dead of natural causes at her home, Rt. 2 Veedersburg, early Sunday morning. She had been in failing health several years and seriously ill the last 11 months. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Myra Jean Anders, who lived with her mother; four grandchildren; for sisters, Mrs. Hattie Robinson of Springfield, Ohio, Mrs. Helen Nason of Pontiac, Ill., Mrs. Mildred Johnson of St. Louis and Mrs. Dorothty Brown of Ben Lomon, Calif.; two brothers, Edward Knutesen of Ransom, Ill., and Everette Knutesen of Stockton, Calif., and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Thompson was a daughter of Edward H. and Mildred Iler Knutesen and was born Sept. 18, 1894 at Ponitac, Ill., living in that neighborhood until 1954 when she moved to Rt. 2 Veedersburg. She married Joseph Thompson Sept. 17, 1924. He died April 20, 1957. She was employed for 26 years at shoe factories in the Pontiac area. She was a member of the Christian Church there. Funeral rites are set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the R. J. Harris Funeral Home in Pontiac, with Rev. Ivan Reiss officiating and interment in Livingston County Memorial Park there. The body is at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in Covington, where friends may call, and will be taken Tuesday afternoon to Pontiac, where friends may call the Harris Funeral Home after 4 p.m.
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Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1963
Mrs. Cora Thompson, 68, Veedersburg route 2, died in her deep on Sunday, Sept. 8 after several years of falling health. She was born in Pontiac, Ill., on Sept. 18, 1894, and had lived with a daughter, Mrs. Myra Jean Anders, since 1954.
She was married on Sept. 17 to Joseph Thompson who died on April 20, 1957. She was a member of the Christian Church. Besides the daughter, she is survived by four sisters, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at a funeral
home in Pontiac, with Rev: Ivan Reiss officiating. Burial was in Livingston County Memorial Park cemetery.