AJ Obituaries

Warren M. Thompson of Clarks Summit, died Thursday morning, Dec. 24, at the VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center. His wife is the former Angela “Annie” Rice. The couple had been married for 29 years.

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Born in Scranton, son of the late Maurice and Lydia Davis Thompson, he was a lifelong resident of the Abington area and was the co-owner and later sole proprietor of W. Thompson Brothers Inc. He was a member of the Pa. Farmers Assoc., past president of the Growers Assoc., a past president of the Horticultural Assoc. and he was also past vice president of the Pa. Vegetable Growers Assoc., wherein 1996 he was made a life member. He was a 32 degree mason being a member of the Waverly Lodge #301 F&AM, Scranton Keystone Consistory, and the Irem Temple Shrine. He was a member of the Former Shultzville United Methodist Church which is now The Countryside Community Church. Warren was extremely proud to be a part of his wife’s home business and named it Annie’s Country Kitchen Thompson’s Gourmet Products for the past 17 years. He felt at home in the kitchen and he called and delivered orders with pride and enjoyed his friendships with all of the employees of every Gerrity’s, Shiel’s and Brunetti’s Markets. Warren was a remarkable singer who performed at over 200 weddings with his glorious voice.

Also surviving are a son Brian, of Falls; a daughter Denise DePhillips, and her husband Vic, Clarks Summit; two grandsons Justin Michael and Spencer Anthony DePhillips; two step sons B.J. Rice, and his wife Lise, Mill City; and Tom Rice, Clarks Summit; a step daughter Agnes Sawyer, and her husband Judson, North Yarmouth, Maine; seven step grandchildren Natalia, Charlie, Michael, Benjamin, and Samuel Rice, and Claire and Gwendolyn Sawyer; three sisters, Iva Richards, Bradenton, Fl., Florence Jaminson, Newton, and Margaret Glenwright, Tioga; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a son Glenn, a stepson, Charles Rice, a sister Hilda Anemast, and a brother, Willard Thompson.

The funeral was to be held Tuesday from the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit with services by Rev. Dr. J.P. Duncan, pastor of the Countryside Community Church, Newton. Interment will be in Newton Cemetery.

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Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 712 S. Keyser Ave., Taylor, PA 18517.

For directions or to sign the online guest book, visit www.lawrenceeyoungfuneralhome.com.