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Gail Louise Schoeneman Thompson

Birth	:	31 Mar 1932 Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	15 Aug 2018 Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Pleasant View Cemetery, Aplington, Butler County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.5918999, -92.8946991
Description	:	Gail Thompson, 86, of Hampton, formerly of Waverly, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls. Gail Louise Schoeneman was born March 31, 1932, in Ackley, Iowa, to Fannie Winifred (Dreyer) Schoeneman and Fred Max Schoeneman. She lived in Ackley and attended the Ackley Schools, graduating in 1950. Gail started playing the piano at age 5, playing and practicing throughout her life. She and her younger sister Frances kept busy with the horses their father kept in a barn and pasture across the street from their home. Besides riding horses, they very much... Read More	Gail Thompson, 86, of Hampton, formerly of Waverly, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls. Gail Louise Schoeneman was born March 31, 1932, in Ackley, Iowa, to Fannie Winifred (Dreyer) Schoeneman and Fred Max Schoeneman. She lived in Ackley and attended the Ackley Schools, graduating in 1950. Gail started playing the piano at age 5, playing and practicing throughout her life. She and her younger sister Frances kept busy with the horses their father kept in a barn and pasture across the street from their home. Besides riding horses, they very much enjoyed Sundays spent visiting their grandparents, William and Martha Dreyer, and other relatives in and around Aplington, always followed by attending Sunday night services at the Baptist Church in Aplington. After high school graduation Gail enrolled in the music department at the University of Colorado in Boulder, majoring in piano. She completed her freshman year and returned to Iowa to marry Daryl Thompson from Geneva on June 21, 1951. They farmed near Geneva for a couple years, then went back to the University of Colorado to pursue degrees. They moved back to Iowa, where Gail nearly always taught piano and Daryl had various sales and manufacturing jobs over the years, eventually settling in Waverly. They made many precious friendships through those years. While living in Hampton they had two sons; Kent in 1955, and Todd in 1962. Sometime in the late 1960's Gail experienced various neurological problems with her walking, later determined to be Multiple Sclerosis. She fought the disease on many fronts over the decades, studying and fighting it every step of the way, but never winning the physical battle. However, she won the mental battle, keeping an amazing positive attitude through the physical degradation that the disease caused through nearly five decades. For many years she said she was the oldest person she knew of with the disease. In spite of the struggles she had, she always encouraged others to press on, to never give up. Gail loved playing the piano, and loved even more teaching others to play, especially children. Her family lost count of how many youngsters learned to play under Gail's direction. She never got tired of teaching others to play. She later adopted the famous Suzuki method of teaching piano, with great results. Gail and Daryl divorced in 1981, and she later moved to Arizona to obtain relief from pain caused by the Midwest weather. While in Arizona she met and married William August Natzke, a former Iowan, in 1988. Years later, and after Bill passed away, Gail moved back to Iowa to be closer to her family and friends, buying a home in Hampton. Her MS continued to get worse, and she was eventually taken from us by a bone infection. She will be missed by many. Gail was involved with Treble Clef Club and Antique Club. She enjoyed playing piano, writing stories, teaching, cooking, playing bridge and reading science. Gail is survived by her sons Kent (Rebecca) Thompson of Lawton, Iowa, and Todd Thompson of Sioux City, Iowa; grandchildren: Bryan (Jessica) Thompson of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Rachel Thompson of Sioux City, Iowa; great grandsons Bennett and Archer Thompson of Cheyenne, Wyoming; sister Frances Muller of Bloomington, Minnesota, and many nephews, nieces, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Fannie, and her husband, Bill.

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Gail Louise Schoeneman Thompson's memorial is located at: Pleasant View Cemetery, Aplington, Butler County, USA.
When did Gail Louise Schoeneman Thompson death?
Gail Louise Schoeneman Thompson death on 15 Aug 2018 in Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.5918999
Longitude: -92.8946991

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Parent

Fred M Schoeneman

(1900 - 1977)

Fannie W Dreyer Schoeneman

(1903 - 2001)

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