F Thompson

F. Maxene Combe Thompson

January 30, 1924 ~ December 7, 2014

F. Maxene Combe Thompson, age 90, of South Jordan passed away peacefully on December 7, 2014 in South Jordan, UT as a result of illness caused by age.  Maxene was born on January 30, 1924 in Ogden, UT to Jule, Sr. and L. Beatrice Parker Combe.  Maxene married the late James A. Thompson on November 28, 1945 in Salt Lake City, UT in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

Maxene and Jim met through Maxene's friendship with his sister Dorothy.  She waited for him while he served in the Army in Europe.  After marrying, she worked as a secretary while Jim attended engineering school at the University of Washington in Seattle.  She was known for her excellent typing and organizing skills.  Afterwards, they moved to Los Angeles where Jim found a job at McCulloch, and they started a family.  But when she and their second son, Lynn, started having health problems from the smog, they moved back to Ogden, UT.

She served faithfully in church callings mostly in Primary and Relief Society.  She was always doing things to help others – neighbors, church members, and family – and used her various skills in cross-stitch, knitting, crochet, baking, and sewing to provide numerous gifts and acts of service.  She earned some extra money sewing dresses and making wedding cakes.  When Jim lost his job in Ogden, he found another in Logan, UT, and they moved to Logan after their daughter Laurie finished high school.  After retirement, Jim contracted lung cancer from his exposure to second-hand smoke, and died in 1999.  Maxene has resided with her daughter in South Jordan since his death.   She has been a devoted wife and mother, and we will miss her.

Maxene is survived by her son Brent and Sonja (Porter) Thompson, son Lynn and Pamela (Christensen) Thompson, and daughter Laurie Thompson and Bill Bylund.  She is also survived by nine grandchildren, five step grand-children, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd.  Friends may visit family on Saturday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary.  Interment, Lindquist’s Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Rd.