Obituary for Leola Thompson
Mable Leola "Le" Milburn
December 18, 1927 - June 9, 2022
Le was born at Rolla, Kansas, December 18, 1927, to Ira Leonard and Dorothy "Dottie" Christable Eversol Milburn.
Le had 5 siblings, Letha, Phyllis, Leonard, Donald, and Wayne. Step brother Vernon was a year old when his mom passed so he became essentially the 6th sibling.
She also had 18 half siblings from Ira's previous three marriages, each of those wives had passed away. Dottie inherited and raised 7 step children.
Le's father, Ira, had traveled to southwest Kansas with his parents by covered wagon. The family homesteaded a mile west of Dermont, Kansas, and then Ira also homesteaded nearby. There were so many Milburns in the area that the school was sometimes all Milburns.
Ira lost an arm in a farm accident, then sold his farm in 1929. The family moved into an underground cellar on the south edge of Rolla, Kansas, in April of 1929.
Le graduated as valedictorian in 1946 from a Rolla high school class of six. She attended business school in Denver on a scholarship and became very adept at shorthand using it all her life.
She married Russel Laverne Thompson in 1946. They lived in Salida, then Clifton, then Fruita, then finally Rifle from 1950.
She had one daughter, Collene 1955, and two sons, Harvey 1947, and Edwin 1949. She was preceeded in death by Harvey on December 20, 1978, as the result of a single car auto wreck he had in Florida.
She and Russel divorced January 6, 1970. Russel was married again, February 20, 1970. He preceeded Le in death April 27, 1997, at Lynwood, Washington, was single at his passing, and was cremated. Le much later scattered his ashes at Mulkeytown, Illinois.
Le's second husband was John Stanley Ramsey whom she married in Las Vegas March 27, 1970. They moved to the Rolla, Missouri area in 1972 on account of John's health and his acute coal black lung disease.
John preceeded Le in death on August 23, 1991, in Rolla, Missouri. He was buried in his hometown cemetery at Mulkeytown, Illinois. Her son Harvey was moved there from Grand Junction.
Le was married again, in 1992, and it was to another Thompson, Chemistry Phd (and full Colonel) Dudley Thompson whom she had worked for at the University of Missouri - Rolla. Dudley preceeded her in death, passing away July 27, 1996, in Rolla, Missouri. He is buried at Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens in Rolla.
Le then had a companion, Everett "Ev" Evans for about 20 years. He survived her but is now deceased.
Le passed away June 9, 2022, at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, in McHenry, Illinois. She was 94.
There was no funeral and she was cremated, disposition unknown. She has two Cenotaphs. One is at the Mulkeytown Illinois Cemetery where her husband John Ramsey and son Harvey are buried. The other is at Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens in Rolla Missouri, where her husband Dudley Thompson is buried.
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Mable Leola "Le" Milburn
December 18, 1927 - June 9, 2022
Le was born at Rolla, Kansas, December 18, 1927, to Ira Leonard and Dorothy "Dottie" Christable Eversol Milburn.
Le had 5 siblings, Letha, Phyllis, Leonard, Donald, and Wayne. Step brother Vernon was a year old when his mom passed so he became essentially the 6th sibling.
She also had 18 half siblings from Ira's previous three marriages, each of those wives had passed away. Dottie inherited and raised 7 step children.
Le's father, Ira, had traveled to southwest Kansas with his parents by covered wagon. The family homesteaded a mile west of Dermont, Kansas, and then Ira also homesteaded nearby. There were so many Milburns in the area that the school was sometimes all Milburns.
Ira lost an arm in a farm accident, then sold his farm in 1929. The family moved into an underground cellar on the south edge of Rolla, Kansas, in April of 1929.
Le graduated as valedictorian in 1946 from a Rolla high school class of six. She attended business school in Denver on a scholarship and became very adept at shorthand using it all her life.
She married Russel Laverne Thompson in 1946. They lived in Salida, then Clifton, then Fruita, then finally Rifle from 1950.
She had one daughter, Collene 1955, and two sons, Harvey 1947, and Edwin 1949. She was preceeded in death by Harvey on December 20, 1978, as the result of a single car auto wreck he had in Florida.
She and Russel divorced January 6, 1970. Russel was married again, February 20, 1970. He preceeded Le in death April 27, 1997, at Lynwood, Washington, was single at his passing, and was cremated. Le much later scattered his ashes at Mulkeytown, Illinois.
Le's second husband was John Stanley Ramsey whom she married in Las Vegas March 27, 1970. They moved to the Rolla, Missouri area in 1972 on account of John's health and his acute coal black lung disease.
John preceeded Le in death on August 23, 1991, in Rolla, Missouri. He was buried in his hometown cemetery at Mulkeytown, Illinois. Her son Harvey was moved there from Grand Junction.
Le was married again, in 1992, and it was to another Thompson, Chemistry Phd (and full Colonel) Dudley Thompson whom she had worked for at the University of Missouri - Rolla. Dudley preceeded her in death, passing away July 27, 1996, in Rolla, Missouri. He is buried at Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens in Rolla.
Le then had a companion, Everett "Ev" Evans for about 20 years. He survived her but is now deceased.
Le passed away June 9, 2022, at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, in McHenry, Illinois. She was 94.
There was no funeral and she was cremated, disposition unknown. She has two Cenotaphs. One is at the Mulkeytown Illinois Cemetery where her husband John Ramsey and son Harvey are buried. The other is at Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens in Rolla Missouri, where her husband Dudley Thompson is buried.
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