Funeral services are scheduled for noon Saturday, May 10, at the Sundquist Funeral Home, 7676 State St., Lowville, with Rev. Bruce W. Chapman, retired pastor officiating. Burial will follow at Castorland Union Cemetery in Castorland. Family and friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Born Nov. 10, 1918, in Montague, son of Charles and Susan Garnsey Thompson, he attended Lowville Academy. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1943.

He married Rosella Zehr on May 30, 1945, at the Lowville Methodist Church parsonage, with Rev. Frazer, officiating.

Mr. Thompson retired from Climax Manufacturing in 1981 as foreman of the packing and stocking department.

He attended Beaver Valley United Methodist Church in Naumburg.

He was a member of the Karcher & Kohler American Legion Post #850 in Castorland, a member and past chief of the Castorland Fire Department and was a member of the Senior Citizen’s Golf Club at Cedar’s Golf Course. In addition to being an avid golfer, Mr. Thompson enjoyed bowling and working with wood and making wooden toys.

Surviving are his wife, Rosella, who resides at Lewis County Healthcare Facility in Lowville; his son, Byron J., Castorland; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Rodney Ward, Manlius; three grandsons: Brandon E. and Nathan J. Thompson, and Mitchell T. Ward; and a niece.

Two brothers, William and Earl Thompson, died before him.