ARGOS — Mark Allen Thompson, 61, Grove Street, Argos, died at 2:39 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, following an extended illness.
Mark was born on April 16, 1957, in Rochester, to Jack Wayne Thompson and Kathryn Francis Walters Thompson and has lived all of his life in the Argos Community. On July 15, 1977, in Bremen, he married Debra Hansen, and together they have shared the past 41 years.
Mark had worked for the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department as a dispatcher and jailer. In 1996 he went to work for B&P Trucking of Plymouth.
Mark was a graduate of Argos High School with the class of 1975.
Mark was very involved with the Argos Fire Department, having held every office, and was the fire chief for many years. He was currently the secretary/treasurer of the fire department. He was a member of the Indiana Volunteer Firemen’s Association and Indiana Fire Chiefs Association. Mark had served for the past 30 years with the Indiana Fire Instructors Association. Mark was an EMT/driver for the Argos EMT for 20 years. He served on the Argos Police Commission from 2007 to present. He was a past member of the Argos Jaycees.
Mark is survived by his wife, Debra Thompson, Argos; son, Travis W. Thompson, Argos, (special friend Rachel Eppenbaugh); daughter, Jessica Lyn Scheil (husband Kevin), Warsaw; granddaughter, Khloe Elizabeth Ann Scheil; parents, Jack and Kathryn Thompson, Argos; his favorite mother-in-law, Evadean Hansen, Bremen; sisters: Barbara Thompson, Indianapolis; Sally Schwarz (husband Kurt), Minnesota; Roberta Thompson, Ohio; and Karra Duff (husband Bill), Argos; niece Ella; and nephews Jack and Carlsen.
He was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Roland Hansen.
Friends may visit with the family from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Parkside Community Church, 225 S. Michigan St., Argos.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Parkside Community Church, with the Rev. Robert E. Rice of Walnut Church of the Brethren and the Rev. Brian Trump of Parkside Community Church officiating. A fireman's burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Earl-Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
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Memorials to Argos Fire Department, 201 W. Walnut St., Argos, IN 46501; Marshall County Center for Hospice; 112 S. Center St., Suite C, Plymouth, IN 46563; or Indiana University Foundation, in memory of Mark Thompson, P.O. Box 7072, Indianapolis, IN 46207.
