Son Claude V. Thompson and Myrtle Eileen Larse, Leonard Verner Thompson married Marilyn Detert Raibbolt on Aug 12, 1951 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Leonard V. Thompson, a well-regarded farmer and community leader, died Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the age of 90.
He was born on June 29, 1924, in San Francisco, CA to Dr. Claude Verner Thompson M.D. and Myrtle Larsen Thompson. While growing up in Lodi he attended local schools and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
As an adult, he served as a scout leader in the 49er Council in the early 1950s. His college studies at UC Berkeley were interrupted by WWII when he served our country as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946. He saw combat action in the European and Asiatic Pacific Theaters. Leonard was honorably discharged with the rank of 1st Sergeant.
After the military, he completed his college studies, graduating from UC Berkeley with a B.A. Degree. He pursued post graduate studies in agriculture in Davis, then an agriculture school extension of Cal Berkeley. He began farming in 1949, growing zinfandel wine grapes, tokay table grapes, almonds and row crops. He also raised cattle.
Leonard was one of the first grape growers to employ subsurface drip irrigation in wine vineyards in the Lodi area. He managed 450 acres of family owned premium wine grapes and operated a custom mechanical harvesting business. In 1974, the Lodi Chamber of Commerce recognized Leonard's contributions to agriculture by awarding him "The Good Egg Award," now known as the Chamber's Agriculturalist of the Year Award.
During his career Leonard assumed many leadership roles in agriculture.
He was a member and served in leadership roles with the Lodi District Grape Growers Association for 63 years and the Woodbridge Vineyard Association cooperative winery for 34 years. In 1963, Gov. Pat Brown appointed Leonard to serve a four-year director's term on the board of directors of the San Joaquin County Fair. In 2004, the Stockton Ag Expo honored Leonard by placing him in the San Joaquin County Agricultural Hall of Fame.
In 2007, he was inducted into the Lodi Boys & Girls Club Lodi Community Hall of Fame for contributions to agriculture. He served as chairman of the 4-H and FFA Booster Committee in 1974, contributed equipment to the Lodi High School Agriculture Education Department.
He also served as a director on the San Joaquin County Historical Society and was associated with the Farmers Home Administration, San Joaquin County Agricultural Stabilization Board, Victor Farm Bureau, California Association of Wine Grape Growers.
Leonard also took on leadership of community groups.
For a year he chaired the Lodi Grape Festival Kiddies parade.
He joined the Lodi Rotary Club in 1960 and was president in 1977. He was a long-time director, former program chairman, supporter of numerous club projects and a Paul Harris Fellow.
He was affiliated with Lodi Lodge F. & A.M., the Stockton Scottish Rite bodies, and Ben Ali Shrine.
Since 1951, he was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ Church in Lodi where he served as church moderator, chairman of several local church boards and national delegate for the Northern California Conference, United Church of Christ.
Leonard loved skiing.
He was an official for the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California. This voluntary work required a two-year commitment and substantial training to judge and oversee Olympic downhill skiing events. He also served as a director and president in the Stockton Ski Club during the 1950s and 1960s.
From 1963 to 1995, he served in the Stockton Ski Patrol, which is affiliated with the National Ski Patrol (NSPS). He was a patrol leader in 1968 and 1969, was appointed the rank of National Patrolman and became a nationally certified avalanche instructor for the NSPS Mother Lode Region.
Leonard was preceded in death by his wives Marilyn Detert Thompson and Raquel Muir Thompson, sister Dorothy Biddick and husband Bill, and son David Allen Thompson.
Lodi News-Setinel Apr 16, 2015
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Leonard V. Thompson, a well-regarded farmer and community leader, died Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the age of 90.
He was born on June 29, 1924, in San Francisco, CA to Dr. Claude Verner Thompson M.D. and Myrtle Larsen Thompson. While growing up in Lodi he attended local schools and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
As an adult, he served as a scout leader in the 49er Council in the early 1950s. His college studies at UC Berkeley were interrupted by WWII when he served our country as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946. He saw combat action in the European and Asiatic Pacific Theaters. Leonard was honorably discharged with the rank of 1st Sergeant.
After the military, he completed his college studies, graduating from UC Berkeley with a B.A. Degree. He pursued post graduate studies in agriculture in Davis, then an agriculture school extension of Cal Berkeley. He began farming in 1949, growing zinfandel wine grapes, tokay table grapes, almonds and row crops. He also raised cattle.
Leonard was one of the first grape growers to employ subsurface drip irrigation in wine vineyards in the Lodi area. He managed 450 acres of family owned premium wine grapes and operated a custom mechanical harvesting business. In 1974, the Lodi Chamber of Commerce recognized Leonard's contributions to agriculture by awarding him "The Good Egg Award," now known as the Chamber's Agriculturalist of the Year Award.
During his career Leonard assumed many leadership roles in agriculture.
He was a member and served in leadership roles with the Lodi District Grape Growers Association for 63 years and the Woodbridge Vineyard Association cooperative winery for 34 years. In 1963, Gov. Pat Brown appointed Leonard to serve a four-year director's term on the board of directors of the San Joaquin County Fair. In 2004, the Stockton Ag Expo honored Leonard by placing him in the San Joaquin County Agricultural Hall of Fame.
In 2007, he was inducted into the Lodi Boys & Girls Club Lodi Community Hall of Fame for contributions to agriculture. He served as chairman of the 4-H and FFA Booster Committee in 1974, contributed equipment to the Lodi High School Agriculture Education Department.
He also served as a director on the San Joaquin County Historical Society and was associated with the Farmers Home Administration, San Joaquin County Agricultural Stabilization Board, Victor Farm Bureau, California Association of Wine Grape Growers.
Leonard also took on leadership of community groups.
For a year he chaired the Lodi Grape Festival Kiddies parade.
He joined the Lodi Rotary Club in 1960 and was president in 1977. He was a long-time director, former program chairman, supporter of numerous club projects and a Paul Harris Fellow.
He was affiliated with Lodi Lodge F. & A.M., the Stockton Scottish Rite bodies, and Ben Ali Shrine.
Since 1951, he was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ Church in Lodi where he served as church moderator, chairman of several local church boards and national delegate for the Northern California Conference, United Church of Christ.
Leonard loved skiing.
He was an official for the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California. This voluntary work required a two-year commitment and substantial training to judge and oversee Olympic downhill skiing events. He also served as a director and president in the Stockton Ski Club during the 1950s and 1960s.
From 1963 to 1995, he served in the Stockton Ski Patrol, which is affiliated with the National Ski Patrol (NSPS). He was a patrol leader in 1968 and 1969, was appointed the rank of National Patrolman and became a nationally certified avalanche instructor for the NSPS Mother Lode Region.
Leonard was preceded in death by his wives Marilyn Detert Thompson and Raquel Muir Thompson, sister Dorothy Biddick and husband Bill, and son David Allen Thompson.
Lodi News-Setinel Apr 16, 2015
Son Claude V. Thompson and Myrtle Eileen Larse, Leonard Verner Thompson married Marilyn Detert Raibbolt on Aug 12, 1951 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Leonard V. Thompson, a well-regarded farmer and community leader, died Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the age of 90.
He was born on June 29, 1924, in San Francisco, CA to Dr. Claude Verner Thompson M.D. and Myrtle Larsen Thompson. While growing up in Lodi he attended local schools and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
As an adult, he served as a scout leader in the 49er Council in the early 1950s. His college studies at UC Berkeley were interrupted by WWII when he served our country as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946. He saw combat action in the European and Asiatic Pacific Theaters. Leonard was honorably discharged with the rank of 1st Sergeant.
After the military, he completed his college studies, graduating from UC Berkeley with a B.A. Degree. He pursued post graduate studies in agriculture in Davis, then an agriculture school extension of Cal Berkeley. He began farming in 1949, growing zinfandel wine grapes, tokay table grapes, almonds and row crops. He also raised cattle.
Leonard was one of the first grape growers to employ subsurface drip irrigation in wine vineyards in the Lodi area. He managed 450 acres of family owned premium wine grapes and operated a custom mechanical harvesting business. In 1974, the Lodi Chamber of Commerce recognized Leonard's contributions to agriculture by awarding him "The Good Egg Award," now known as the Chamber's Agriculturalist of the Year Award.
During his career Leonard assumed many leadership roles in agriculture.
He was a member and served in leadership roles with the Lodi District Grape Growers Association for 63 years and the Woodbridge Vineyard Association cooperative winery for 34 years. In 1963, Gov. Pat Brown appointed Leonard to serve a four-year director's term on the board of directors of the San Joaquin County Fair. In 2004, the Stockton Ag Expo honored Leonard by placing him in the San Joaquin County Agricultural Hall of Fame.
In 2007, he was inducted into the Lodi Boys & Girls Club Lodi Community Hall of Fame for contributions to agriculture. He served as chairman of the 4-H and FFA Booster Committee in 1974, contributed equipment to the Lodi High School Agriculture Education Department.
He also served as a director on the San Joaquin County Historical Society and was associated with the Farmers Home Administration, San Joaquin County Agricultural Stabilization Board, Victor Farm Bureau, California Association of Wine Grape Growers.
Leonard also took on leadership of community groups.
For a year he chaired the Lodi Grape Festival Kiddies parade.
He joined the Lodi Rotary Club in 1960 and was president in 1977. He was a long-time director, former program chairman, supporter of numerous club projects and a Paul Harris Fellow.
He was affiliated with Lodi Lodge F. & A.M., the Stockton Scottish Rite bodies, and Ben Ali Shrine.
Since 1951, he was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ Church in Lodi where he served as church moderator, chairman of several local church boards and national delegate for the Northern California Conference, United Church of Christ.
Leonard loved skiing.
He was an official for the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California. This voluntary work required a two-year commitment and substantial training to judge and oversee Olympic downhill skiing events. He also served as a director and president in the Stockton Ski Club during the 1950s and 1960s.
From 1963 to 1995, he served in the Stockton Ski Patrol, which is affiliated with the National Ski Patrol (NSPS). He was a patrol leader in 1968 and 1969, was appointed the rank of National Patrolman and became a nationally certified avalanche instructor for the NSPS Mother Lode Region.
Leonard was preceded in death by his wives Marilyn Detert Thompson and Raquel Muir Thompson, sister Dorothy Biddick and husband Bill, and son David Allen Thompson.
Lodi News-Setinel Apr 16, 2015
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Leonard V. Thompson, a well-regarded farmer and community leader, died Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the age of 90.
He was born on June 29, 1924, in San Francisco, CA to Dr. Claude Verner Thompson M.D. and Myrtle Larsen Thompson. While growing up in Lodi he attended local schools and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
As an adult, he served as a scout leader in the 49er Council in the early 1950s. His college studies at UC Berkeley were interrupted by WWII when he served our country as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946. He saw combat action in the European and Asiatic Pacific Theaters. Leonard was honorably discharged with the rank of 1st Sergeant.
After the military, he completed his college studies, graduating from UC Berkeley with a B.A. Degree. He pursued post graduate studies in agriculture in Davis, then an agriculture school extension of Cal Berkeley. He began farming in 1949, growing zinfandel wine grapes, tokay table grapes, almonds and row crops. He also raised cattle.
Leonard was one of the first grape growers to employ subsurface drip irrigation in wine vineyards in the Lodi area. He managed 450 acres of family owned premium wine grapes and operated a custom mechanical harvesting business. In 1974, the Lodi Chamber of Commerce recognized Leonard's contributions to agriculture by awarding him "The Good Egg Award," now known as the Chamber's Agriculturalist of the Year Award.
During his career Leonard assumed many leadership roles in agriculture.
He was a member and served in leadership roles with the Lodi District Grape Growers Association for 63 years and the Woodbridge Vineyard Association cooperative winery for 34 years. In 1963, Gov. Pat Brown appointed Leonard to serve a four-year director's term on the board of directors of the San Joaquin County Fair. In 2004, the Stockton Ag Expo honored Leonard by placing him in the San Joaquin County Agricultural Hall of Fame.
In 2007, he was inducted into the Lodi Boys & Girls Club Lodi Community Hall of Fame for contributions to agriculture. He served as chairman of the 4-H and FFA Booster Committee in 1974, contributed equipment to the Lodi High School Agriculture Education Department.
He also served as a director on the San Joaquin County Historical Society and was associated with the Farmers Home Administration, San Joaquin County Agricultural Stabilization Board, Victor Farm Bureau, California Association of Wine Grape Growers.
Leonard also took on leadership of community groups.
For a year he chaired the Lodi Grape Festival Kiddies parade.
He joined the Lodi Rotary Club in 1960 and was president in 1977. He was a long-time director, former program chairman, supporter of numerous club projects and a Paul Harris Fellow.
He was affiliated with Lodi Lodge F. & A.M., the Stockton Scottish Rite bodies, and Ben Ali Shrine.
Since 1951, he was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ Church in Lodi where he served as church moderator, chairman of several local church boards and national delegate for the Northern California Conference, United Church of Christ.
Leonard loved skiing.
He was an official for the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California. This voluntary work required a two-year commitment and substantial training to judge and oversee Olympic downhill skiing events. He also served as a director and president in the Stockton Ski Club during the 1950s and 1960s.
From 1963 to 1995, he served in the Stockton Ski Patrol, which is affiliated with the National Ski Patrol (NSPS). He was a patrol leader in 1968 and 1969, was appointed the rank of National Patrolman and became a nationally certified avalanche instructor for the NSPS Mother Lode Region.
Leonard was preceded in death by his wives Marilyn Detert Thompson and Raquel Muir Thompson, sister Dorothy Biddick and husband Bill, and son David Allen Thompson.
Lodi News-Setinel Apr 16, 2015
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