THOMPSON Donald Stairs

Male 1942 - 2011  (69 years)


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  • Name THOMPSON Donald Stairs 
    Birth 3 Jan 1942  Wade, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    _UID 7135A7CB371E4B2D81659E3BBBEF72B474F4 
    Death 11 Aug 2011  Wade, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • (OBIT: WADE – Donald Thompson Sr., 69, went on to higher ground Aug. 11, 2011, while surrounded by his family at his home. He was born Jan. 3, 1942, in Wade, to Kenneth and Margaret Stairs Thompson.

      He lived in Wade all his life. Donald's greatest joy was his salvation and his love for the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an active member of Perham Baptist Church and filled many positions, including vice president, deacon, trustee, Sunday school superintendent, as well as a youth group leader. For 53 years, he was married to his high school sweetheart, JoAnn Castonguay Thompson. Don had a great love for his family, church family and work family. Don loved being a farmer for many years and being employed by SAD 45 as a bus driver/custodian for 27 years.

      He was predeceased by his father and mother; two sisters, infant Susan Thompson and Joyce Corey, 68; brother, Kenny, 62; sister-in-law, Loretta Thompson; and brother-in-law, Harold Corey.

      He was blessed with and is survived by son, Donald Thompson Jr. and his wife, Lieneke, and grandson, Mark and granddaughter, Jennifer, all of Holland; son, Terry and his wife, Angela, and granddaughters, Taylor and Danielle and grandsons, Justin and Devin, all of Washburn; daughter, Cynthia Huston and her husband, Thomas, of Woodland, and grandson, Christopher and wife, Heather, of Fort Kent, and grandson, Tony and fiancee, Kristen, of Washburn; brother, Richard and wife, Linda, of Quitman, Texas; brother, Paul and wife, Cindy, of Brewer; many nieces and nephews, beloved friends and neighbors.
      Interment will take place at Hillside Grove Cemetery, Crouseville. [Bangor Daily News posted 8/12/2011].)
    Burial Aft 11 Aug 2011  Crouseville, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    Hillside Grove Cemetery 
    Person ID I117572  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2017 

    Father THOMPSON Kenneth Nathaniel,   b. 5 Dec 1909, Washburn, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1966, Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother STAIRS Margaret Edith,   b. 25 Aug 1913, Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1994, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 13 May 1931  Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F47506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CASTONGUAY JoAnn   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1958  [1
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F47511  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3808] Internet-Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial #74829642.

    2. [S7092] Internet-Database-ancestry.com-Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996.