Marland P. THOMPSON ¹

   Another name for Marland was Mr. Mutt THOMPSON.

   User ID: P00050707.

  General Notes:

Mutt had no children. Marland worked for Bell Telephone Co. in Des
Moines, Iowa, where he and Esther lived.

Esther and Marland are both buried in Knoxville, Graceland Cemetery,
Marion Co., Iowa, Section 9 (North part of old cemetery), Lot 2.
Marland's veterans marker by his grave says "World War II 1941-45, IA PFC
Army Air Force"

The Cemeteries of Marion County, Iowa, book says that Marland (called
Mutt) was a PFC in the Army Air Force during World War II. Lucille
(Miers) Webster recalls that injuries he received in the war were caused
by schrapnel when a tank was hit/hit a mine and the metal debris hit him
in the head. He came home from "overseas", as people called it then,
with two metal plates in his head as a result of the holes caused by the
schrapnel. After the war, he lived near the Iowa State Fairgrounds in
Des Moines, Iowa, and never did like the sound of fireworks at night
during the fair because it reminded him of guns shooting in the war.

References: (1) Data provided for Esther by personal knowledge of
Lucille Miers Webster, the funeral Memorial folder, and tombstones at
Graceland Cemetery.
(3) Cemeteries of Marion County, Iowa, 1776-1976 book by Marion Co.
Genealogical society, published by R.C. Booth Enterprises, Harlan, Iowa,
with a publication date of 1974.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military, Between 1941 and 1945, World War 2, From Des Moines, Iowa.

Marland married Esther May MIERS, daughter of Joseph Freeman MIERS and Lulu Estella Bell SMITH, on 18 Dec 1937 in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, USA. (Esther May MIERS was born on 30 Jan 1906 in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, USA, died on 26 Jan 1981 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Iowa, Block 10, Lot 2.)