Submitted by: Dan Rich

Robert Arthur Thompson
Dec. 12, 1921 - Nov. 30, 2002

South Bend Tribune 12/1/2002

Dr. Robert Arthur Thompson, MD, 80, of Primrose Road, South Bend, died Saturday morning in Regency Place Nursing Home. He was born Dec. 12, 1921, in Indianapolis to Delbert and Dorothy (Kesler) Thompson who preceded him in death. Dr. Thompson has lived in South Bend since 1948 after coming from Somerset, Pa.

On Dec. 5, 1943, in Calvary United Methodist Church in Somerset, he married Marjorie L. Ling who survives along with two daughters, Sharon L. (Tom) Brown of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Sandra K. (David) Becker of South Bend and three grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Gospel Center Missionary Church, 930 S. 30th St., South Bend. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the HICKEY Funeral home, 17131 Cleveland Road, 289-1000. Dr. Thompson was a member of Gospel Center Missionary Church and the American Medical Association, and a World War II Air Force Captain.