Carolyn Thompson

Carolyn Rasmussen Thompson, 79 of American Fork, Utah passed away Sunday, March 24 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Carolyn was born April 11,1933 in Chapin, Idaho, to Elvin Andrew and Anna LaPreal Moulton Rasmussen. She spent her early childhood in the shadow of the beautiful Grand Teton Mountain Valley. She was the seventh child and loved spending her growing up years with her four brothers and five sisters. There she attended grade school. Her oldest brother purchased the family farm from her parents and they moved to Boise, Idaho. A few years later they moved back to Rexburg where she attended Jr. High and graduated from Madison High School. She loved school and was a student body officer. She had many wonderful friends and teachers and always expressed fond memories of her childhood and teenage years. After graduating from school, she worked as a dental assistant. She married Frank W. Thompson July 11,1952 which was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple. He passed away February 27,2012. Together they raised their family of four children, Gay, Jill, Frank and Kim in Rexburg. Carolyn was a wonderful homemaker and mother and spent her life caring for her family and serving those around her. She loved being a mother and grandmother. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, she served in the presidencies of all the women's organizations and taught classes also. Upon retiring from their retail Sporting Goods business, Carolyn and her husband served an LDS mission in the Auckland, New Zealand mission. They also served on the BYU-I campus. She enjoyed her church callings very much and had an unwavering testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. Later they spent the winters in St. George, Utah. There she served in the St. George Temple. In 2001 they settled in American Fork, Utah to be near family. They loved their new home and LDS ward. Several months after her husband past away, she returned back home to Idaho where she lived at Fairwinds Sandcreek in Idaho Falls. Carolyn loved traveling, reading, her flower gardens, cooking and most of all spending time with her children and grandchildren whom she adored. She was very proud of her Pioneer heritage being a descendant of the Willie Handcart Company. She loved her relatives, and always looked forward to their family reunions, and now is elated in joining those who have passed on before her. Carolyn is survived by her Daughter, Gay (Brad) Ferney of Idaho Falls, Idaho; Daughter, Jill (Michael) Withers of Sugar City, Idaho; Daughter, Kim (Michael) Spaulding of Mukilteo, Washington; Son, Franklin B. Thompson of Highland, Utah; 11 grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildren; two sisters, and one brother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank, a grandson, Corey Withers, her mother and father, four sisters and three brothers. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 South Ammon. The family will meet with friends from 10 to 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Highland City Cemetery, Highland, Utah.

Funeral Services -- Thursday

11 am ,Thursday, March 28, 2013 Wood Funeral Home East Side 963 South Ammon Road Idaho Falls, ID 83406 Notes: The family will meet with friends from 10 to 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Highland City Cemetery, Highland, Utah.