Cecilia Irene Thompson

Cecilia Irene Thompson passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning December 12, 2020. She succumbed to a six year struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband’s name is J. Ronald Thompson, Ph.D. She was the mother of seven children named: John, Daniel, Julie, Robert, Richard, Cindy, and Darren. She leaves behind nineteen grandchildren whom she loved very much.

She was born November 28, 1942 on a train traveling between Buenos Aires and Cordoba Argentina. Apparently she was so anxious to start her earthly life that to her mother’s surprise she was born a month early. She was delivered by the President of Argentina’s Congress, who just happened to be on the same train, and had been educated as a medical doctor.

She was the oldest of seven children, and only six survived to reach adulthood. Her siblings names are Virginia, Roland, Marcello, Alex, Lillian, and Christian.

Her parents migrated to the United States, and the family landed in Miami, Florida exactly on her fourteenth birthday, November, 28 1956, after a three day flight using the propeller airplanes of that time.

The family relocated to Los Angeles, California where she graduated from University High School in 1960. She met her future husband J. Ronald Thompson at UCLA when she was a first year student. They were married August 4, 1962, in Brentwood, California. She subsequently earn her Bachelor’s degree majoring in Foreign Languages in 1969, and graduated Cum Laude.

They purchased their first home in Cypress, California, and subsequently lived in the San Francisco Bay area, Dallas, Texas, Portland Oregon, and finally in Centerville, Utah She enjoyed all the places her family lived, as she was an active LDS member, and made friends at each place they lived,

She will be greatly missed by her friends and family.

Services will be live streamed on FACEBOOK @ https://www.facebook.com/russonmortuary