Charles Sumner Thompson Junior
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Aug 1920 - Chicago, Cook, IL 421,422,1077,1078
Christening:
Death: 25 Dec 1993 - Houston, Harris, TX 421,1077,1079
Burial: 29 Dec 1993 - Hilltop Lakes, Leon , TX 421
Cause of Death: mestastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas 421
Events
• Soc Sec Num: 354-01-2846, , , IL. 1077 Last Residence Zip 77071.
• He was educated at Iowa State College from 1938 to 1942 in Ames, Story , IA. 422 His major was Mechanical Engineering.
• Military: applied for commission in Navy, Aug 1943. 422 Failed to meet physical requirements.
• Military: induction into Navy, 19 Apr 1944, Chicago, Cook, IL. 422,1080 Given a medical discharge in June 1944 due to stomach problems.
• He worked as an engineer in Jun 1944 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS. 422 He worked at North American Aviation.
• Lived in: 2826 North 46th St. (streets have been renumbered), Abt 1947-1949, Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS. This was a basement house. Nadyne, Charles, Sandra, and baby Charles lived there. Charles graded the property, built a below grade basement, roofed it with tar paper, and lived there. The intent was to build the upper stories later, but Charles got moved with his job and had to sell before the construction was completed. Charles bought a horse, Molly to do the grading. Sandra used to walk between the horses legs.
• Lived in: 1952-1972, Bloomingdale, Passaic, New Jersey. 1079 He lived at Morris Lakes, at 13 W. Buena Vista Way.
• Lived in: 1972-1993, Houston, Harris, TX. He lived at 7907 Braes Meadow Drive, Houston, TX. He had a vacation home at 100 Post Oak Road, Hilltop Lakes, Leon, TX.
• Lived in: 12 Aug 1943, Elmhurst, Dupage, IL. 1081 He lived at 378 May St.
Parents
Father: Charles Sumner Thompson (1893-1955) 420,421,422
Mother: Laura Belle Smalley (1894-1983) 421,422
Spouses and Children
1. *Nadyne Artie Greathouse
Children:
1. Sandra Sue Thompson
2. Charles Sumner Thompson III
3. Diane Janine Thompson
Notes
Death Notes:
Charles Sumner Thompson II (should be Jr.), born 21 Aug 1920 in Chicago, IL, Social Security Number: 354-01-2846, never in the armed forces (not true, but he was discharged early for health reasons), 16 years education. Last residence: 7907 Braes Meadow Dr., Houston, TX. Father, Charles Sumner Thompson, Sr; Mother, Laura Belle Smalley. He died at home. Informant was Nadyne G. (Greathouse) Thompson (wife).Burial Notes:
He was cremated, Forest Park Lawndale Crematory, Houston, TX on 29 Dec 1993. His ashes were spread at Hilltop Lakes, TX, where Nadyne and Charles have a vacation home.General:
Source: Sandra S. Taylor daughter of Charles Sumner Thompson, Jr. July 2003
Charles Sumner Thompson Junior, was born on August 21, 1920 at 11:06 am. He weighted 8 pounds 1 ounce. He was the only child of Laura Belle Smalley and Charles Sumner Thompson Senior. Laura became schizophrenic as a result of the delivery. Her mother, also called Laura Bell, had died in child birth. Later, when Charles was about four, Laura was committed to a mental institution, and her marriage to Charles's father was annulled. In Charles early years, he was raised by his paternal Aunt Ruth (Thompson] Bort and Uncle Ralph Bort.
Charles father remarried. Charles was enrolled in a boarding school where he was not allowed mail or visitors. He could not see or communicate with his beloved Aunt Ruth and Uncle Ralph. On a drive home from a school break, a box containing all the letters he had sent and those that had been sent to him slid out from under the seat. On one occasion, when Aunt Ruth and Uncle Ralph attempted to visit Charles at the boarding school, the Head Master was away, and the Math teacher let Charles visit with his Aunt and Uncle. When the Head Master returned, the Math teacher was fired. When Charles was in college, and he came home for a weekend, he discovered the court proceedings and paperwork associated with his mother being committed to a mental institution and the annulment of the marriage. He determined to find and care for his mother. He drove from his home in Elmhurst, Illinois to the institution in Vinton, Iowa to retrieve his mother. When he got there he realized, to his great regret, that he could not care for her.
Charles graduated from Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa with a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1942. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity where he pulled many pranks on his fraternity brothers. He entered the service during WWII, but was discharged because of recurring stomach attack problems. He obtained a job at a bomber plant in Kansas City where he attended London Heights Methodist Church with a friend, and met and married Nadyne.
Charles later obtained a job with the M. W. Kellogg Construction Company building oil refineries and ammonia plants worldwide. He was head of Specification Prediction and Cost Control. In the early years, we traveled by trailer from one construction job to the next in places like Waukegan Illinois, Rensalier New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey. The trailer had no bathroom so Charles cut it apart and set it on two saw horses and added a bathroom. He also built a bed on the wall called a "dickey bed" that was used as a crib for son Chuck,and a pull down desk on the wall for Sandy to use for her school work.
In 1952, Charles was transferred to the home office of the M. W. Kellogg Construction Company in New York City, and the family bought a home at Morse Lakes in Bloomingdale, New Jersey. Charles commuted for about 1 1/2 hours morning and night to his job. On nights and weekends he worked to turn this summer house at Morse Lakes into a home for his family. He was president of the Home Owners Association at Morse Lakes for a number of years. He was involved in many projects that still remain today at Morse Lakes. He put up the flagpole using a ships mast. He built the clubhouse.
In about 1969, he was transferred with Kellogg to Houston Texas. There they bought a house at 7907 Braes Meadow Dr. They also bought a cabin at Hilltop Lakes, Texas, at 100 Post Oak Road. At that time, Sandra was married, and Chuck was in the Air Force. Only Diane moved with them to Houston.
In Houston, Charles was active in bridge clubs. He was known by his neighbors as someone who could fix anything. He enjoyed vacations and travel. He preferred to make things over buying them. Everyone who know him considered him to be very friendly, caring, and generous.
He was troubled with stomach attacks most of his life. He had been run over by a car as a child, which had moved his stomach from the left to the right side of his body. In his seventies, during surgery they moved his stomach back into place. In his late sixties, he developed diabetes. On Christmas Day in 1993, he died of pancreatic cancer. After cremation, his ashes were spread on Hilltop Lakes.