Elizabeth Ann (Halsne) Thompson |
| Posted 2017-10-23 by mhenderson |
| Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ >>> Published on Sunday, October 22, 2017 <<< Elizabeth Thompson (aka Betty or Liz) was born on April 4, 1936, in Rockford, Illinois, the 8th child of Clarence and Mildred Halsne and passed away on Oct. 11, 2017. She grew up in Davis Junction, Illinois, and graduated from high school at Stillman Valley High in Stillman Valley, Illinois. After high school, Betty became an airline stewardess with Western Airlines. After leaving Western Airlines she married and had three children with Richard Thompson. The marriage later ended in divorce. Betty was strong, determined and devoted to raising her three children on her own. She went to work for EECO Corporation selling in-flight entertainment systems to airlines throughout the world. In 2001 she was diagnosed with cancer and retired in 2002. Cancer free in 2004, she moved to Lake Havasu in 2005. She loved golf, sewing, collecting spoons from around the world, and of course, her beloved dog Buddy. After being declared cancer free, she spent a great deal of time dealing with the side effects of the cancer cure treatment. But, she kept moving forward and made a comfortable life for herself in Lake Havasu. Betty is survived by her two daughters, Susan Dee and Elizabeth Ann Thompson, her son, Richard (Lori) Thompson and her grandchildren, Steven and Justin Thompson, Lindsay (Austin) Catron, and Garrett, Kaylean, Westin and Casandra Thompson, her brothers Clarence Halsne, Jr. (Sandy), H. Glenn Halsne (Leona), James Halsne (Patti), sister Nancy Dominguez and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Richard Halsne and sisters Ellen Lucille Halsne, Roberta Cox, Patricia Jones, Marjorie Marsters and Dorothy Fuller. Family and friends are invited to a Celebration of Betty’s Life to be held on Oct. 28, 2017 from 1 to 5 pm at the home of Nancy Dominguez, 3901 Lunar Drive, Lake Havasu City. Condolences may be sent to the family at this address. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Havasu. |
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