Tim Thompson

Funeral Services: Will be held on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at the Fontanelle United Methodist Church with burial in the Fontanelle Cemetery. Pastor Cathy Nutting will officiate the service. A luncheon will be held at the church flowing the committal services at the cemetery.  

Open Visitation: Will be held at the Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle on Tuesday, January 2nd 2018, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Family Visitation: The family will greet friends on Tuesday evening at the Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Memorials: Memorials may be directed to the Tim Thompson memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date. 

Tim Laverne Thompson was born July 17, 1959, in Redfield, Iowa, the son of Glen Laverne and Peggy Louise (Murphy) Thompson. He passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at the Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, at the age of 58.

Tim grew up in Fontanelle and received his GED in 1979. He worked for a packing plant in Oakland, Iowa for a few years. He then moved to the Mount Pleasant area and had worked for area hog confinements. He enjoyed football, especially the Kansas City Chiefs, and enjoyed going to auctions.

He was preceded in death by his father, Glen Thompson; sister, Kathy Peitz; step father, Marvin Goetz; grandparents, Millard and Maxwell Murphy and Bill and Joyce Thompson; and step grandparents, Eugene and Gertie Goetz.

He is survived by his mother, Peggy Goetz of Fontanelle; sister, Sharon Blanchard of Fontanelle; two brothers, Marty Goetz of Fontanelle and Clint Goetz of Fontanelle; other relatives and friends.