{"id":2037,"date":"2015-05-18T20:15:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T20:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2015-05-19T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:34:26","slug":"gary-r-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=2037","title":{"rendered":"Gary R. Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Gary R. Thompson \u2013 65 \u2013 of 368 Ontario St., Hornell, died Saturday evening (May 16, 2015) at Rochester General Hospital, following a long illness.<\/p>\n

A native and life resident of Hornell, he was born July 27, 1949, and was the son of Kenneth & Vesta \u201cJean\u201d (Graham) Thompson.<\/p>\n

Gary grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1967).\u00a0 Following graduation, he worked briefly on the \u201croad crew\u201d for the Hornell Department of Public Works.<\/p>\n

In 1969, he was drafted in to the US Army and served his country until his Honorable Discharge in 1971.\u00a0 He was a member of the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 198th Brigade Americal Division (Long Range Recon). While serving in the Army, Gary was stationed for about a year in Viet Nam where he was wounded twice.\u00a0 He was the recipient of the 2 Bronze Stars and also Purple Heart Medal.\u00a0 Gary was exceptionally patriotic and proud of his military service.<\/p>\n

Following his discharge from the military, Gary returned to work for the Hornell Department of Public Works in several capacities.\u00a0 In 1975, he began working at the Hornell Waste Water Treatment Plant where he remained until his retirement in 2005 as Chief Operator.<\/p>\n

A talented craftsman & an exceptional woodworker, Gary was able to make just about anything out of wood.\u00a0 He enjoyed spending the summer months at his cottage at Silver Lake.\u00a0 He was a former member of the Hornell American Legion and the Hornell VFW.<\/p>\n

Gary will forever be remembered as a \u201cfunny guy\u201d with a quick wit a fantastic sense of humor.\u00a0 He could easily put a smile on everyone\u2019s face with his humorous remarks and NO ONE WAS SAFE!! Gary had a deep love and appreciation of music.\u00a0 He had a beautiful voice and loved playing guitar & singing.\u00a0 He will be sadly missed by everyone that had the pleasure of knowing him.<\/p>\n

He was married on August 2, 1968 to the former Barbara Putallaz who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are 2 daughters, Denise L. (Monte Trimble) Thompson of Arkport and Lorri (Alec) Lauzze of Victor, NY; 1 son, Mark R. Thompson of Reno, NV; 1 brother, Kenneth (Diane) Thompson of Perry, NY; 5 grandchildren, Alec Lauzze, Luke Lauzze, Natalie Trimble, Mia Trimble and Evan Trimble; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

Although Gary always said that he wanted a \u201cViking Funeral\u201d at Silver Lake, the family of Gary R. Thompson will receive friends on Thursday from 4:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY where a Memorial Service with full military honors will be held on Friday at 11:00 AM with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gary\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to The Disabled American Veterans Association, PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301.\u00a0 Memorial forms will be available at the Dagon Funeral Home or click here <\/a>to print a memorial form.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In honor of Gary\u2019s service to his country as a member of the US Army, the American Flag at the Dagon Funeral Home will be flown at half-staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gary R. Thompson \u2013 65 \u2013 of 368 Ontario St., Hornell, died Saturday evening (May 16, 2015) at Rochester General Hospital, following a long illness. A native and life resident of Hornell, he was born July 27, 1949, and was the son of Kenneth & Vesta \u201cJean\u201d (Graham) Thompson. Gary grew up in Hornell and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2041,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}