Margaret Eileen Thompson

Margaret “Eileen” Thompson of Cardwell, Montana passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the age of 88. She was born on March 9th, 1931 to Gust and Margaret Sanderson in Red Lodge, Montana. Eileen married Lyonald Thompson on June 3, 1953 in the living room of her parent’s house in Toston. Eileen was the first of her family to go to college, receiving a teaching degree from Western Montana College in 1951. She continued her education and received an advanced degree from Eastern Montana College in 1979. She taught elementary and special education at a number of schools including Townsend, Fairfield, Three Forks, Conrad and Joliet and retired in 1991. She is remembered not only by her own children, but also as a second mother to cousins and nephews and the people whose lives she touched during her teaching years.

Eileen loved reading and was never far from a book. She loved teaching and the ranching life she grew up with. She will be missed.

Eileen was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Lyonald, her parents Gust and Margaret Sanderson, her brothers, Norman and Ronald Sanderson and son-in-law Jim Armstrong. She will be missed by her daughter, Millie “Cricket” Armstrong of Cardwell, sons Tim (Jamie) Thompson of Windsor, Colorado and Howard “Duane” (Debbie) Thompson of Perrysburg, Ohio, grandchildren Jake and Jennene Armstrong, Brent, Shawn (Nicole), Kyle (Shannon), Blake, Britt and Brooke Thompson and two great grandchildren. She is also survived by brothers Gordon and Gerald Sanderson and sister Enid Dawn Sanderson.

Due to the number of family being out of state, a celebration of her life will be held at a future date. There will be no visitation.