Elaine (Olsen) Thompson |
| Posted 2007-12-02 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 Elaine Olsen Thompson, 81, accomplished author and artist passed away on Nov. 19, 2007. Elaine’s indomitable spirit allowed her to complete and publish three books (“Among These Shadows,” “Moving Under Fury” and “When the Sun Touches Me”) while fighting ovarian cancer. She was born on Nov. 10, 1926, in Provo, Utah, to William Alfred Olsen and Christina Marie Anderson Olsen. She received her B.S. degree in Psychology from B.Y.U. and went on to receive a Masters degree in Child Counseling from A.S.U and did doctoral studies at the University of Oregon. Her first book “Sparky” was used in the Mesa Public Schools (where she worked for many years) to teach elementary students about their feelings. She lived in Arizona since 1959; first in Mesa and then for the past eleven years she lived in Prescott. Her husband Charles Davies Thompson predeceased her. Her surviving family includes her sister Marie Olsen Davies of Provo, Utah; her four children Tommy James Thompson, Elizabeth Marie Fortin, Suzanne Elaine Diggins and Charles William Thompson and her three grandchildren, Tawny Clark, Shawn Diggins and Buck Thompson. Her family will have her memorial service privately. Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements. Information provided by survivors. |
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