THOMSON, HOWARD S.

Funeral services for Howard S. Thomson, 86, will be private.

Born Oct. 11, 1915, in Agency, Mo., he died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Northwest Community Healthcare, Arlington Heights. Inurnment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Thomson was a veteran of World War II, where he served as a sergeant in the Raiders of the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights for 31 years. He was also a supporter of the Arlington Heights Community Concert Association and the Northwest Community Hospital Foundation.

Howard is survived by his cousin, Norma Grace Wing of St. Joseph, Mo.; nephew-in-law, Dr. David L. Hegg of Kankakee (his wife and their eight children); and his cousin-in-law, Gunhild Moberg of Chicago.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian H. (nee Hegg).

Arrangements were made by Cremation Society of Illinois.