Cease Family Funeral Home

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, 2017 at New Salem Lutheran Church in Turtle River, Minn. with Rev. Krehl Stringer officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the services. Interment will be at a later date in the Zumbrota Cemetery in Zumbrota. The Cease Family Funeral Home in Bemidji assisted the family.Martha Thompson backed into the world on Friday, May 13, 1938 in Belvidere, Ill., to parents George and Elizabeth (Stevenson) Lindquist. The family lived in Dixon, Ill., and Martha attended Dixon Public schools where she was active in choir and a member of the National Honor Society, graduating in 1956. She attended Lake Forest College and later the University of Dubuque, from which she graduated in 1961.Martha and Robert Thompson were married in Dixon, Ill., in 1961, and the couple traveled to Philadelphia, where Martha worked for the Presbyterian Church, while her husband attended medical school. Their first son, Andrew, was born in Philadelphia. The couple moved to Alaska in 1966, where her husband served in the Public Health Service. Their second son, Peter, was born in Alaska.The family then moved to Minnesota in 1968 and lived in Willmar, Rochester, and Zumbrota until their retirement and move to Bemidji in 2009. Their third son, Paul, was born in Willmar. In Rochester, Martha taught Spanish nursery school and volunteered at the Rochester State Hospital. In Zumbrota, she was active in the United Redeemer Lutheran church and served two terms on the Zumbrota school board. She also worked as an office manager for Bob's medical practice. In 1988, she joined American Airlines as a customer service representative from which she retired in 2001.Martha's other interests were her family, dog mushing, and caring for the family's horses on their acreage in Rochester. She also enjoyed flying and had a private pilot's license.Martha was preceded in death by her son, Paul (1989) and her parents.She leaves her beloved sons, Andrew and Peter; their wives, Wendy Kalass ... (Post-Bulletin)

ThompsonBEMIDJI, Minn. – Martha Vivian Lindquist Thompson, of Bemidji, passed away at home on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at age 79, after a 6-year battle with cancer.Martha Thompson backed into the world Friday, May 13, 1938, in Belvidere, to parents George and Elizabeth (Stevenson) Lindquist. The family lived in Dixon. Martha attended Dixon public schools, where she was active in choir and a member of National Honor Society, graduating in 1956. She attended Lake Forest College, and later the University of Dubuque, from which she graduated in 1961.Martha and Robert Thompson were married in 1961, in Dixon, and the couple traveled to Philadelphia, where Martha worked for the Presbyterian Church while her husband attended medical school. Their first son, Andrew, was born in Philadelphia. The couple moved in 1966 to Alaska, where her husband served in the Public Health Service. Their second son, Peter, was born in Alaska.The family then moved in 1968 to Minnesota, and lived in Willmar, Rochester, and Zumbrota, until their retirement and move to Bemidji in 2009. Their third son, Paul, was born in Willmar. In Rochester, Martha taught Spanish nursery school and volunteered at Rochester State Hospital. In Zumbrota, she was active at United Redeemer Lutheran Church, and served two terms on the Zumbrota school board. She also worked as an office manager for Bob’s medical practice. In 1988, she joined American Airlines as a customer service representative, from which she retired in 2001.Martha’s other interests were her family, dog mushing, and caring for the family’s horses on their acreage in Rochester. She also enjoyed flying, and had a private pilot’s license.She leaves her beloved husband, Robert; sons, Andrew and Peter, their wives, Wendy Kalass Thompson (Andrew), Mayumi Inoue Thompson (Peter), and four wonderful grandchildren, in Bemidji, Ben and Ellie, and in San Francisco, Rika and Naoto; and sister, Mary Mobarak of Dixon, niece, Elizabeth Mobarak of Warsaw, Indiana; nephew, George Mo... (SaukValley.com)