Wanda C. Thompson

Wanda C. Thompson, 91, Bismarck, North Dakota, died, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Bismarck. Cremation has taken place, and it was Wanda's wish that no memorial service be held. Wanda was born November 14, 1921, in Maddock, North Dakota to Wildy and Olga (Johnson) Simon. She was raised in the Maddock area, spending her childhood on her grandparents Adolph and Carrie (Vang) Johnson's farm. She graduated from Devils Lake High School in 1938, where she was the 1938 shorthand champion. She married Robert M. Thompson in 1946 in Fargo. She worked as a legal secretary for Jansonius, Fleck, Strutz and Mather Law Firm, and later for Montana Dakota Utilities. Wanda proofread court transcripts for Emineth \u0026 Associates up until Christmas 2012. She is survived by her sons, Michael (Ruth), San Angelo, Texas, Martin (Nancy), Robert, and John, all of Bismarck; daughter, Tara Holt, Bismarck; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her brother, Duane Simon. Memorials may be sent to The Salvation Army of Bismarck, or Central Dakota Humane Society of Mandan.