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In Memory of
Charlene J.
Thompson (Henchbarger)
1932 -
2015

Obituary for Charlene J. Thompson (Henchbarger)

Charlene J.  Thompson (Henchbarger)
Charlene J. Thompson, 83, of Clearfield, died Thursday, April 30 at home.

Born April 4, 1932 in Clearfield, she was the daughter of the late Orin and Edna Baughman Henchbarger, who preceded her in death along with an infant brother, Wilbur.

A 1953 graduate of the former Clearfield Hospital School of Nursing, Mrs. Thompson retired in 1999 from the former Clearfield Hospital, where she worked primarily in the emergency department.

She was a member of Centre Grove United Methodist Church and the Clearfield Hospital Nurses Alumni Association.

For many years, Mrs. Thompson was a volunteer for first aid at the Clearfield County Fair, first for the American Red Cross and then for the Clearfield County Fair and Park Board. For much of that time, she was head of the first aid department.

She is survived by her husband, F. Clair Thompson, whom she married November 17, 1951 in Baltimore, MD; daughters Pamela Gabel and her husband, William, of Pleasant Valley, and Susan Thompson of Clearfield; sons Daniel Thompson of Clearfield and Michael Thompson of Montrose, CO.

She is also survived by these grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Craig and Suzanne Gabel and their children, Hannah and David; Kristen and John Lanich and their children, Khloe and Brody; Erin and Taylor Thomas and their children, Lydia and Noah-Leigh; and Ryan and Sarah Gabel; Michael Andrew and Jackie Thompson and their son, Nolan Carter, and Sara Thompson.

Also, Lindsey and Steven Maclay and their children, Callie, Lucy, Addy and Collin; Kelsey Lines and her fiancee Andrew Barndt; and Jensen and Jonmarie Maines.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Centre Grove United Methodist Church with the Rev. Drs. Randy Willis and G. Edwin Zeiders officiating. Interment will follow at Bradford Cemetery, Woodland.

Friends will be received at the Kevin A. Beardsley Funeral Home, Clearfield, on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Additional visitation will be at the church on Tuesday from 10-11 am.

The family suggests memorial donations to the Clearfield Hospital Nurses Alumni Scholarship Fund in care of Rita Thomson, 612 Arnold Avenue, Clearfield, PA, 16830.

To sign the on-line guestbook go to www.beardsleyfuneralhome.com.
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