Glen Thompson, 83, Springfield, Mo., brother of Evelyn Rogness, Hills, died Saturday, April 19, 2003, in his home.Memorial services were Saturday, April 26. Glen Thompson was born Oct. 9, 1920, in Wadena, Iowa. He graduated from Wadena High School. He worked on the family farm, attended a year of college and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. While in the Navy he served on a merchant ship as a radioman and in China, working with Chinese guerillas until the end of the war. He married Violet Landsgaard in 1947. He graduated from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, in 1950 with a degree in agronomy. He worked with the Iowa Farm Bureau until 1955 when he joined Metropolitan Life in the agricultural investment division. He was assistant manager in St. Joseph, Mo., Manhattan, Kan., and Edmond, Okla. He retired from Metropolitan in 1982 and moved to Clarinda, Iowa, and then to Springfield in 1998.Mr. Thompson was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Springfield. Survivors include his wife, Violet Thompson, Springfield; one son, Bruce Thompson, Kansas City, Mo.; one daughter, Dawn (Brad) Olney; two granddaughters, Adrienne and Megan, Prairie Village, Kan.; two brothers, Floyd Thompson, Wadena, and Toby Thompson, Waterloo, Iowa; and one sister, Evelyn Rogness, Hills.
