{"id":1847,"date":"2015-07-24T11:01:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T16:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2015-07-24T11:01:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T16:01:01","slug":"richard-thompson-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/2015\/07\/richard-thompson-59\/","title":{"rendered":"*Richard Thompson &#8217;59"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h2><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classhomepages\/files\/2014\/12\/Richard-Thompson-1959-Death.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1446 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classhomepages\/files\/2014\/12\/Richard-Thompson-1959-Death.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Thompson - 1959, Death\" width=\"200\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>*Richard Arthur Thompson died peacefully at home on Nov. 28, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. at the age of 77.<\/p>\n<p>Dick was born in Cokato, Minn. He was a graduate of Washburn High School in 1955, St Olaf College in 1959, and University of Minnesota Dental School in 1963. He married Kitty in 1970 and they had two children.<\/p>\n<p>After dental school, he served two years in the Army. Dick volunteered as a dental missionary in Nepal and Papua New Guinea in the 1960s. He taught dental hygienists and assistants at Normandale Community College for 10 years. After teaching, he was a private practice dentist in Columbia Heights and Fridley, Minn. Dick retired from dentistry in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Dick was an avid woodworker; his favorite projects included a wood strip canoe, a dollhouse, a crib, toy trucks, and bookcases. He enjoyed biking across Europe and leading youth bike trips after college. He enjoyed farming in Morris, Minn., and golf everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Dick was blessed with a transplanted heart in 2009. The new heart gave him the opportunity to see his son married, and the birth of his two grandsons.<\/p>\n<p>Dick is survived by his wife, Kitty; his daughter, <strong>Sandra Thompson &#8217;93<\/strong>; his son, <strong>Richard Thompson II &#8217;95<\/strong>; daughter-in-law, Jaye; grandsons, Palmer and Neil; and brother, Robert Thompson. He is preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Arthur and Hazel Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Donations in Dick&#8217;s memory can be sent to <a href=\"http:\/\/secondchanceforlife.org\">Second Chance for Life<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/casafoundation.org\">Casa de la Luz Hospice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Richard Arthur Thompson died peacefully at home on Nov. 28, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. at the age of 77. Dick was born in Cokato, Minn. He was a graduate of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-1847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-47","tag-obituary"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}