Carole A. Thompson, the daughter of Wayne and Lucille (Grauerholtz) Schoeni, was born on May 19, 1942, in Smith Center, Kansas. She passed away on October 8, 2022, at the Brodstone Healthcare at Superior, Nebraska at the age of 80 years, 4 months, 19 days.
Carole was proud to be the Drum Majorette for two years at Kensington, Kansas High School for the Gold Bugs Marching Band. She spent 30 years as a hairdresser, after graduating from Salina, Kansas Beauty Academy, even owning her own shop at one time. She traveled to other towns to help beauticians in neighboring communities, when she was needed. Bowling was a favorite competitive sport for her and she qualified for and participated in state bowling for several years. She was involved in United Methodist Women group and served as President, for many years. She earned Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star Organization, something else she was very honored to achieve. Volunteering was so important to Carole and she chose to share her time at the Vestey Center, where she helped care for so many friends and community members, including her late Mother-in Law, Athelda.
Throughout so many happy years, her and Eldon enjoyed various card clubs, going fishing, and crop tours during the fall. Attending many of their Grand Daughter, nieces, nephews and family friends’ children’s’ events including proms, concerts, plays, sporting events and other school activities. In recent years, she became quite supportive of Eldon’s trap shoots. She waited all day long, just to meet him at the back door, to see how well he did. She accepted and guarded all of his trophies and was quick to share with anyone who wanted to see them. Throughout their wonderful years of marriage, Eldon was always with Carole and Carole was always with Eldon. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and Carole’s 80th birthday in May of this year, with a big celebration, attended by so many friends, in Superior. A special past time for Carole and Eldon was making their annual Arizona trip, where they formed a community of friends, who they keep in touch with, on a regular basis, to this day.
One of Carole’s pride and joys was her self-named ‘Bird Feed’ where she baked up all of the chukar and pheasants Eldon and Jon or other friends had shot. The menu was always the same. Bird, rice, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans with onion and bacon. She finished it off with her amazing chocolate sheet cake, which we still don’t have the secret ingredient for. Many of the people in this room have experienced that feast, which says everything about the type of woman she was.
One of the largest parts of the Thompson family life was the Jon Thompson Racing Team, car #75. Carole and Eldon never missed a race and she could be found sporting her team tee shirt, with her stop watch, pen and tiny note pad, taking it all in. The team won the Modified National Title in 2002, which was one of Carole’s grandest memories. Her Pallbearers today, were all a part of the pit crew, at some time, which is exactly what she would have wanted, since she considered each of them, one of her sons.
Carole was preceded in death by her parents Wayne and Lucille; sister Jan Zeigler and her in-laws Robert and Athelda.
She is survived by her husband Eldon; sons Chris and Jon (Joni Heiland) of Superior, Nebraska; siblings Rita (Lloyd) Kleinschmidt of Agra, Kansas; Cheryl Gibbs; Arden Schoeni of Arlington, Texas; granddaughter Jasmine (Tristan Stock) Thompson of Elm Creek, Nebraska; nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.
Services at: Megrue-Price Funeral Home, Superior, Nebraska
Time of Service: Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 11:00 am
Private Family Burial
Memorials: in care of the family to be designated later
Visitation: From 4:00 pm-8:00 pm on Wednesday with the family present from 6-8 at the Megrue-Price Funeral Home
Funeral Home: Megrue-Price Funeral Home, 750 N Commercial, Superior, Nebraska 68978.