Ethel J. Thompson passed away peacefully on July 28, 2015 at the age of 97 at Greenville Glen Assisted Living, Greenville, South Carolina. Ethel was born in 1918 to Stanley and Dora Beers in Fair hill, Maryland. After graduating from Calvert High School, Ethel attended Goldey Beacom Business College. Upon graduating, she worked as aContinue Reading
Ethel J. Thompson passed away peacefully on July 28, 2015 at the age of 97 at Greenville Glen Assisted Living, Greenville, South Carolina.
Ethel was born in 1918 to Stanley and Dora Beers in Fair hill, Maryland. After graduating from Calvert High School, Ethel attended Goldey Beacom Business College. Upon graduating, she worked as a secretary for the DuPont Company and married William Batten, Jr. of Wilmington, Delaware.
She is survived by two daughters, Phyllis Woodmansee (Don) of Simpsonville, South Carolina and Joanne Bramble (Ken) of Falcon, Colorado; four grandchildren, Lisa Wyatt (Ed) of Rising Sun, Maryland, Mark Woodmansee (Anh) of Houston, Texas, Michael Woodmansee (Aline) of Yuzhno-Sakalinsk, Russia, and Ken Bramble, Jr., of Colorado Springs, Colorado. She also has four great grandchildren, Jennifer Botta (Vinnie) and Jessica Wyatt of Rising Sun, MD; Maya and Clinton Woodmansee of Houston, Texas; and five great great grandchildren, Gabby, Zach, Brock, and Xander Botta and Mason Wyatt.
She was predeceased by her husbands William Batten, Jr., John Banta, and Hayes Thompson; by her daughter Elizabeth “Betty” Case; a grandson, George Case, Jr., and two sisters, Laura Poole and Helen Wilkinson.
After 26 years of service, Ethel retired from the DuPont Company. She enjoyed traveling, dancing, playing the piano, gardening, sewing, and quilting. She was a lifetime member of the Newark Senior Center and the Red Hat Society.
A visitation will be held on Monday, August 3, 2015 from 1:30 – 2:30 pm, followed by service at 2:30 pm at R.T. Foard & Jones Funeral Home, 122 West Main St., Newark, DE 19711. Interment will follow in Sharp’s Cemetery, Fair Hill, Maryland.
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