Betty C Thompson

Betty C. Thompson, 84, of Grand Island, NE died on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at Westfield Quality Care Center in Aurora, NE.

Services will be at 11 AM on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at Third City Christian Church with Nick Schonlau officiating. Burial of ashes will be in the Arcadia Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be an hour prior to the start of the services. 

Betty was born on November 14, 1940 in Ansley, NE to Leo and Blanch (Hammer) Anderson. She was raised in Ansley and Arcadia and received her education from Arcadia Public Schools. She was united in marriage to David Thompson on July 21, 1957 in Wiesert, NE. The couple resided in Arcadia, Alda and Grand Island where she worked various jobs at the Nebraska Veterans Home before her retirement.

She was a member of Third City Christian Church, the VFW Auxiliary, Eagles Club, enjoyed collecting rocks and was a member of the Kearney Rock Club, GI Earth Science Club. She liked to crochet and work with floral arrangements. 

Those left to cherish her memory are her children: Donna Thompson, Allen (Jacy) Thompson, Bud (Lori) Thompson, Corena (Ken) Hinze; four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren; brother, Theo Anderson; sister, Mary Stefka.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Tommy: brothers, Robert, Vernon, Ival, and Keith Anderson; sisters, Roberta Bland, Emma Stefka, Cleo Peterson and Donna Longenecker.