Lorraine Thompson

April 9, 1924 - September 20, 2014

Lorraine Thompson of Flushing, MI, age 90, passed peacefully in the presence of family at Medilodge in Montrose, MI. Funeral mass will be held at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, 310 Cherry Street in Flushing on Friday September 26th at 11:00 AM. Visitation will be at the church from 9:15 AM to 11:00 AM on Friday. Reverend Roy Horning will be officiating. Her remains will be committed on Saturday, September 21st at 12:00 noon, Rock Falls Cemetery in Harbor Beach, MI. Father William Spencer will be officiating. Lorraine was born to Gabriel and Dorothy Kramer in Sand Beach Township. She grew up in Harbor Beach where she met and married her high school sweetheart Herbert Warren Thompson. In 1965 they moved to Flushing with their 8 children. Lorraine resumed her banking career at the age of 42 at Genesee Bank in Flint from which she retired. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, their daughters Ruth Lorraine Thompson and Laurine Haggert Hook. Surviving are son Douglas Thompson (Janet), daughters Kathy Wiget (David), Nancy Thompson, Jo Ann Ruff, Dorie Lu Strater (Frank), Beth Smith (John), son Daniel Thompson (Romalene), 11 grand children and 4 great grand children. Lorraine was an avid Sudoku player. Her most cherished memorys were traveling with her family throughout her life. At the age of 86 she traveled to East Africa and participated in a missionary trip to a South Sudan village school. At 88, Lorraine took her children on a trip to French Polynesia. In celebration of her life and in lieu of flowers please make donations to The Lingap Children's Foundation, P.O. Box 1553, Jackson, Michigan 49204 or www.lingapcenter.org. Envelopes will be available at the church.