EXETER – Sumner R. Thompson, 87, died Jan. 19, 2005, at a Pittsfield hospital. He was born Aug. 4, 1917, at Hermon, a son of Robert and Addie (Rose) Thompson. He retired from the Pratt and Whitney Company, North Haven, Conn., in 1976 and returned to Maine at that time. Sumner was a member of Pacific Lodge, AF & AM, in Exeter and attended the Exeter Full Gospel Church. He was predeceased by his first wife, Annie; a son, Roger; a daughter, Hildreth; three brothers, Norman, Raymond and Donald; and a sister, Avis. In addition to his wife, Pauline (Gould) Thompson of Exeter, he is survived by three sons, Ernest of Dixmont, Clyde of Exeter, and Sumner Jr. “Sonny” of Newport; five daughters, Marguerite Mallory of Hampton, Virginia, Vivian Stevens of Exeter, Barbara Bessette of Lowell, Vt., Sandra Carpenter of Ocala, Fla., and Arlene Ryder of Exeter; five stepchildren, Eugene, Richard, James, Wayne and Joyce; a brother, Richard Thompson of Hermon; two sisters, Mary Bragg of Bangor, and Roberta Harding of Rancho Cordova, Calif.; 41 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Friends may call 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Crosby & Neal Funeral Chapel, 68 Exeter Road, Corinna, where funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, with the Rev. Chris Faloon officiating. Spring committal services will be held at Morse’s Corner Cemetery, Corinna. Memorial donations may be made to the Pacific Lodge Masonic Building Fund, care of Mr. Harold Batchelder, Treasurer, 1772 Exeter Road, Exeter, ME 04435.
SUMNER THOMPSON
