Lyle C. Thompson

Lyle C. Thompson

passed away on Tuesday,

September 8, 2020 in a

Minot hospital.

His funeral will be held

on Friday at 10:00 A.M. in

the First Lutheran Church

in Bottineau. Cremation

will take place following

the service. Visitation will

be held on Thursday from

2:00 P.M until 9:00 P.M.

at Nero Funeral Home in

Bottineau.

Lyle C. Thompson, son

of Gilbert and Judith

(Torgerson) Thompson,

was born on April 3,

1927, in Bottineau. He

was raised on the family

farm and attended coun-

try school and graduated

from Bottineau High

School. On February 14,

1945, he joined the U.S.

Navy and served on the

USS New Jersey in the Pa-

cific. He received his

honorable discharge on

July 22, 1946. He then re-

turned to the Turtle

Mountains. On September

12, 1954, he was married

to Vivian Mattern at First

Lutheran Church in Bot-

tineau. Lyle and his

brother Earl took over the

family farm in 1954, rais-

ing cattle and small

grains. Lyle retired from

livestock farming in 1992

but continued to grain

farm. He also worked

many winters hauling fuel

oil for his uncle Sivert

Langhaug at Deep Rock.

Lyle was a leader of the

Metigoshe 4-H Club. He

was on the Bottineau

School Board for 18 years,

and served as a board

member of the Rural Fire

District and for the Ag.

Improvement Association.

Lyle received the FFA

Honorary Chapter Farmer

Award and also the Turtle

Mountain Soil Conserva-

tion award in 1985.

Farming was Lyle’s

main hobby and source of

enjoyment. He loved

hunting, fishing, garden-

ing and bowling. His fam-

ily spent most summer

Sundays at their lake ca-

bin, where Lyle taught his

kids, grandkids, and many

nieces and nephews to

water ski. Winters were

spent snowmobiling and

ice fishing. He was also a

lifetime member of the

VFW.

Lyle was a baptized

member of the Nordland

Lutheran Church from

birth until 1954. He then

became a member of the

First Lutheran Church in

Bottineau from 1954 to

Present. He served on the

church council for several

years.

In addition to his wife

Vivian, he is survived by

three daughters, Sherrie

Solper (Dave) of Minot,

ND, Judy Higgins (Alan)

of Bottineau, ND, and Ar-

lys Knudsvig (Mark) of

Berthold, ND; one son,

Curtis Thompson (Meri)

of Wamego, KS; 12

Grandchildren; 22

Great-Grandchildren; 2

brothers, Kenneth

Thompson of Summerset,

SD, and Maynard Thomp-

son of Leesburg, FL; one

sister, Janice Norderhus of

Marian, Iowa, and one

aunt, Addie (Torgerson)

Nielsen of Bottineau.

In addition to his

parents, Lyle was preced-

ed in death by a

great-grandson, Kanyon

Francis; one sister, Mu-

riel; and one brother, Earl,

and an infant brother.

Arrangements are with

Nero Funeral Home in

Bottineau. Friends may

register online at

www.nerofuneralhome.

net.

Lyle’s funeral will be

lived streamed at

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=InJwFtB1ucU.

In lieu of flowers, the

family requests that

memorials be given to the

First Lutheran Church in

Bottineau and the Meti-

goshe Lutheran Cemetery

Association.