Lillian Ellen Thompson, of Rolla, was born on June 6, 1924, at Rolla, a daughter of Joseph Edward and Dorothy Elizabeth (Henkenius) Beydler, and departed this life at 5:36 p.m., on Thursday, January 11, 2018, in the Phelps County Regional Medical Center, Rolla. She had attained the age of 93 years, 7 months, and 5 days.

Mrs. Thompson was united in marriage on November 9, 1946, at Dixon, to Ralph Warren Thompson, and to this union, two daughters were born. She was preceded in death by her husband, known as Warren, on September 22, 2007; a grandson, J.W. Pelikan, on March 9, 2009; her father, Joe, on May 31, 1995; her mother, Dorothy, on April 24, 1979; a brother, Thelbert Rudolph "Bud" Beydler, on November 21, 2012; her step-mother, Ethyl Landers Beydler, on November 18, 2006; and her step-brother, Terry Landers, on November 6, 2017.

Mrs. Thompson was a member of the Macedonia Baptist Church, near Rolla, and had been baptized early in life. She started her working life at the Dixon Bank followed by being a cashier at Fort Leonard Wood as well as various other jobs but quit to raise her two children before going back to work in 1963. She was an accountant, bookkeeper and did taxes at Hochschild, Bloom, and Dardick in Washington, Missouri, for twenty-five years then continuing to work before retiring in 1990.

Her husband, Warren, told her that he had retired and was leaving for Florida and she could stay and work or go with him which she did. Lillian went with him, but when they came back after wintering in Florida, she would go back to work in the summer months which she did for several years. She and her husband traveled and enjoyed being together until they got tired of moving around and finally settled on Warren's sister's farm at Willard.

They enjoyed living next door to Paul and Katherine Sloan for over twenty years and helping with some of the farm chores. Lillian even got used to petting a horse and feeding it Watermelon rinds. After the loss of her husband, she moved to Rolla to be closer to her daughters, grandchildren, and the family dog, Sugar. Lillian enjoyed reading, sewing, knitting, crocheting, embroidery work, cooking, and being with family and would light up when the babies would come over to see her.

Those left to mourn the passing of Mrs. Thompson include: Her daughters, Linda Robertson and husband, Don, of Rolla, and Shirley Swain and husband, Dave, of Union; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her siblings, Paul Beydler and wife, Helen, of Dixon, Bill Beydler and wife, Georgia, of Springfield, Virginia Meyer and husband, Donovan, of Greenville, Indiana, Josephine Beydler Roberson of Riverside, Wyoming, sister-in-law, Lois Alexander Beydler of the state of California; step-sister-in-law, Wilda Irvin Landers of Devils Elbow; nephews; nieces; and other relatives and friends.

Memorial contributions in memory of Mrs. Lillian Thompson are suggested by her family to the Kenner Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund with envelopes available at the funeral home or in care of the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, P.O. Box EE, Dixon, Missouri 65459.