On March 25, 2011, Clarence Fay Thompson , beloved husband of the late Mary E. Thompson; loving father of William L. and his fiance', Patricia Capp, Vernon C. and his wife, Linda, Ralph E. and his wife, Margaret, Allen E. and his wife, Barbara, Laura J. Calzone and her husband, Steve, Alice Lea, Barbara Chaney, Margaret Schackleford, Joe Lodwick, Charles Lodwick and Christine Lodwick; dear brother of Helen Partridge; also survived by 11 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Rd. (Beltway exit 26a), Wednesday, 2-4 & 6-8 PM, where a funeral service will be held Thursday, at 9 AM. Interment Maryland Veteran Cemetery-Garrison Forest. The family suggests contributions in his name to Alzheimer's Association Greater Maryland Chapter, 1850 York Rd., Timonium, MD, 21093.