Dr. Layton Spencer Thompson

1906 - 1991  (84 years)

• Name	Layton Spencer Thompson
  Title	Dr.
  Born	17 Jun 1906	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Mar 1991	Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana
  Buried	7 Mar 1991
  Person ID	I6652	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Ludvig Syverin Thompson,   b. 23 Sep 1879, Maysville, DeKalb County, Missouri ,   d. 7 Jan 1957, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Ella Lucretia Keller Thompson,   b. 16 Jun 1882, Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas ,   d. 8 Jul 1957, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 75 years)
  Married	12 Apr 1903
  Family ID	F1141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Mellon Thompson
  Married	Aug 1939
  Children	1. Edward Thompson   2. Marilyn Thompson Washington   3. Betty Thompson Wing   4. Nancy Thompson Flikkema
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2018 16:53:55
  Family ID	F7211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 3 Mar 1991 - Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Photo- Thompson Family 1 ca. 1906-1907 At the former Chris Thompson home north of Delia, Kansas 1. Frank Johnson 2. Thora Johnson 3. Agnes Johnson 4. Ernest Johnson 5. Sophia Thompson (Sivert's second wife) 6. Sivert Thompson 7. Nels Thompson 8. Alta (Keller) Thompson 9. (Believed to be Hannah Johnson, daughter from first marriage of Frank Johnson) 10. Celestia Keller (Grandma) 11. Mary Keller 12. John Keller 13. Winifred (Martin) Keller 14. Emma Johnson 15. Ludvig Thompson 16. Ella (Keller) Thompson 17. Stella Thompson 18. Cecile Thompson 19. Frank Johnson, Jr. 20. Levi Keller 21. Layton Thompson 22. Lin Keller 23. Lillie Keller 24. Alfred Ray Keller, Jr. 25. Chris Thompson On Recollections KS as RCL0759a, RCL0759b, RCL0759c (Unmarked copy is available on that website)
  		Photo- Thompson Family 2 ca. 1906-1907 At the former Chris Thompson home north of Delia, Kansas 1. Frank Johnson 2. Thora Johnson 3. Agnes Johnson 4. Sophia Thompson 5. Chris Thompson 6. Sivert Thompson 7. Nels Thompson 8. Alta (Keller) Thompson 9. Emma Johnson 10. Ernest Johnson 11. Frank Johnson, Jr. 12. Ella Thompson 13. Layton Thompson 14. Cecile Thompson 15. Stella Thompson 16. Ludvig Thompson On Recollections KS as RCL0760a, RCL0760b, RCL0760c (Unmarked copy is available on that website)
  		Photo- Ludvig Thompson Family 1 ca. 1911-1912 (Ludvig's brother, Chris, was married June 28, 1911- this photo may have been from that time frame/event. Sivert was born January 28, 1911, and would be six months old in this photo if the June date is accurate.) Pictured are Mr. and Mrs. Ludvig Thompson and Cecile, Layton, Rosa, Severt [Sivert]. On Recollections Kansas as RCL0770a and RCL0770b.

  
  

  Documents

  Obituary- Thompson, Layton Layton S. Thompson Former Montana State University professor, Layton S. Thompson, Bozeman, Mont, died at his home Sunday, March 3, 1991 of cancer. He was 84. He was born June 17, 1906, near Delia, the son of Ludwig and Ella Keller Thompson. He graduated from Delia High School in 1923. He farmed for two years and taught five years in rural schools in Kansas before moving to Fort Collins, Colo., where he worked on farms for six years. He graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in economics in 1939. He moved to Bozeman where he received his Master's degree in 1940 from Montana State College. He received his doctorate from Michigan State University in 1953. He taught in the Agricultural Economics and Economics Department at Montana State University for 30 years, retiring in 1973. He represented the university on the Great Plains Agricultural Council for 25 years, helped to establish an appraisal system for farm lands and conducted schools for land appraisers. He made extensive studies of tax structures in four states and wrote bulletins which were used by state legislators. He also authored many publications. He served on three foreign agricultural economic assignments, in El Salvador, Guatemala and Argentina. He was an active member of Bozeman United Methodist Church, Sons of Norway and Retired Teachers Association. He enjoyed his family, gardening, carpentry work, camping and traveling. He wrote and published his autobiography and a genealogical history of the Thompson family. In August of 1939, he married Margaret Mellon of Fort Collins, Colo. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Edward Thompson; three daughters, Marilyn Washington, Washington, D.C., Betty Wing, Missoula, Mont., and Nancy Flikkema, Bozeman, Mt.; two sisters, Rosa Fuller, Santa Maria, Calif., and Cecile Zlatnik, St Marys; three brothers, Alfred Thompson, Riverside, Calif., Eugene Thompson, Topeka, and Samuel Thompson, Rossville. Funeral services were held March 7, at Bozeman United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the Bozeman United Methodist Church, 109 W. Olive St., or to the Gallatin Hospice, 915 Highland Blvd., Boze¬man, Mont. 59715.