Mabel S (Smith) Thompson (1875 - 1941)

Born 4 Jul 1875 in Hays, Ellis, Kansas, United States

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Died 3 Mar 1941 at age 65 in Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand, Colorado, United States

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Mabel (Smith) Thompson

Mabel S. Thompson was born in Hays City, Kansas, July 4, 1875 and passed away at the home of her son Otto W. in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo., at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, 1941 at the age of 65 years. She was the oldest daughter of P.H. Smith, pioneer building contractor and sawmill owner of Grand County.

She came to Breckenridge as a small girl with her parents P.H. and Mary Ellen (Adkins) Smith, moving from there to Hot Sulphur Springs in 1882 and made this her home, thence to Grand Lake in 1884 and back to Hot Sulphur Springs in 1885 and made this her home for the remainder of her life. She was a member of the Christian Church.

Mabel was united in marriage to William J. (Ute Bill) Thompson on Dec. 25, 1893, who preceded her in death in 1926. To this union were born five sons. Frederick C. William P. Otto W. Marion L. of Hot Sulphur Springs; and John H. of Denver. There also survives one daughter, Mary Ellen Keller of Denver; and a sister, Georgia Eslick, of Grand Lake; twelve grandchildren, many relatives, and a host of friends.

All her children were beside her bedside at the time of her death. Funeral services were held at the Hot Sulphur Springs Community Church, at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon with Mr. Leslie Deal officiating. Vocal selections were offered by Mr. And Mrs. Al Wilson, Mrs. Denzel McClung, and N.C. Huffaker with Mrs. Dale Clark at the piano.

Mrs. Thompson was a pioneer of the old stock and was greatly esteemed and loved by many friends all over the county. Interment was in the Hot Sulphur Springs Cemetery with Cox Mortuary in charge.

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• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21683593/mabel-s-thompson