96 passed away on March 26, 2020. She was born in Gypsum, Kansas and met her husband, Rudolph. She moved to Woodruff, Wisconsin and upon his return from over-seas they moved to St. Petersburg in 1956. She was an avid golfer and a member of Sunset Golf Club for 18 years and was Club Champion the last year before it closed. She joined Clearwater Country Club and was runner up for Club Championship there. She played there for 11 years. She was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church (now Hope) for 30 years then moved to Lutheran Church of the Cross in 1988 until this date.
She preceded in death by her husband, Rudy L. Thompson; survived by 2 sons John (wife Gaye), Durham, North Carolina; Dennis (wife Jane) St. Petersburg, Florida; and daughter Rev. Connie DiLeo Lahoya Dominican Republic; 2 sisters Frances Tillett and Annadene Ayers of Salina, Kansas and 1 brother Darrell (wife Lavina) of Greeley, Colorado; 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Winona will be interred at Bay Pines National Cemetery.
I am the daughter of William Dean Elliott of the Jesse Elliott branch of the William Henry Elliotts , of early Dickinson county heritage. One of the blessings of the pandemic for me is that my husband and signed up for 2 free weesk of ancestry.com. we are now hooked, and since we have very little else we can do, we are about to pay for our second $50 month of the subscription. it has been money well spent. I AM SORRY we missed, this lady’s life. Jim would have loved to play a round of golf with Nona. i hope you don’t mind me using this memorial to find the rest of you so that we can gather the loose ends of a remarkable farm family from Dickinson county, kansas . I some photosthat can only be identified bu this generation (nona’s and Annadene;s )
I wish peace for the immediate family, and that your memories of her are lasting.
Deannie Elliott Rule text 580-303-0471