Lynda Jean Thompson

Lynda was raised in Newkirk Oklahoma, a small town about 15 miles north of Ponca City. She graduated salutatorian from Newkirk High school in 1958. She enrolled at Oklahoma State University that fall and pledged Alpha Chi Omega. She was involved in many campus activities , Mortar Board , and president of her sorority her senior year. She met her future husband Bob Thompson at a fraternity-sorority exchange dinner in her junior year. They were married shortly after graduation in 1962. They moved to Denver where Bob was employed by an engineering firm and Lynda taught at Morey Junior High. In the fall of 1964 they returned to OSU where Bob completed a Masters in Civil Engineering and Lynda did graduate study and taught skill classes in the Physical Education Department. They returned to Denver in the spring of 1965. Bob worked for an engineering firm and Lynda taught in the Jeffco School System . Lynda left teaching shortly before Mark was born in 1967. She focused on being a homemaker. She was an amazing mother and served as a den mother and tireless volunteer for little league football and baseball. She helped Bob when he formed a consulting engineering firm in 1971. She would type reports at night after the kids went to bed.

The firm prospered and they were able to join the Pinehurst C. C. in 1973 and very shortly she became the 9 hole golf champion. She played golf on Pinehurst teams for many years. Lynda became an excellent skier and loved all kinds of outdoor activities. She played competitive tennis in her 50’s and 60’s. When Bob quit keeping regular office hours they traveled all over the world. She died peacefully while sleeping in their home. She had battled dementia and heart problems for 5 years.

Lynda is survived by her husband, Robert W. Thompson; children, Mark D. Thompson and Stuart D. Thompson and brother, Larry C. Fulton.

In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to:

Food Bank of the Rockies – Attn: Development Department

10700 East 45th Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80239

Or

Denver Rescue Mission

PO Box 5206

Denver, Colorado 80217

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Memorial Service: June 20, 2020 2:00 pm

Horan & McConaty - SW Denver/Lakewood
3101 S. Wadsworth Blvd.
Lakewood, CO 80227