Helen Smith Thompson

Helen Smith Thompson Helen Smith Thompson, age 81, of Fairfax Station, Va., passed away Thursday, December 9, 2010 in her family home of 51 years. She was the widow of William Van Thompson with whom she owned and operated the Springfield Rental Crane Company. She was a member of the International Order of the Eastern Star, Nellie Custis Chapter #169, Springfield, Va. Mrs. Thompson was born in Aldie, Va., February 15, 1929 a daughter of the late Fred and Eva Katherine Smith. She is survived by a daughter, Kathi Thompson Russell of Hartwood, Va.; a son, Randall William Thompson and his wife Sandra Locklear Thompson of Stafford, Va.; a sister, Patricia Hensley; brother, James F. Smith, both of Culpeper, Va.; six grand-children, Shari Gunsch, Corrine Cole, Justin Van Thompson, Emily Jarvis, Kasey Vanessa Thompson, Graham Russell and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Thompson.

A funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday December 15, 2010 at Mountcastle Turch Life Celebration Home, 13318 Occoquan Road, Woodbridge, Va. with interment to follow in Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the funeral home. Arrangements by Mountcastle Turch

Funeral Home.





This obituary was originally published in the News & Messenger (Woodbridge, VA).