Helen “Irene” Thompson, age 88, of Wellston, passed away Friday morning, July 2 at Edgewood Manor in Wellston. She was born July 4, 1932 in Wellston, daughter of the late Cornelius William Coyle and Jessie E. Collins Coyle. Irene was a 1950 graduate of Wellston High School. She was a former telephone operator for General Telephone Company in Wellston, and later retired from Hope Haven School, where she was a bus driver for over 30 years. Irene always enjoyed taking car rides, going out to eat, and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is survived by her son, Mark Thompson of Wellston; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Doug Martin of Hilliard; and grandchildren, Scott Martin of Columbus, Jon Martin of Hilliard and Caroline Martin of Hilliard; along with several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Scott E. Thompson, on October 26 of 2020; and siblings, Marjorie Walton, Mary Cheatwood, Esther Emmet, Jane Smith, Wilma Dixon, William Coyle and Martha Bussman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Calling hours will be Monday, July 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston. Funeral service will follow the calling hours at 1 p.m., with Pastor Dave Kelly officiating. Burial will be in the Ridgewood Cemetery. Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Helen “Irene” Thompson, age 88, of Wellston, passed away Friday morning, July 2 at Edgewood Manor in Wellston. She was born July 4, 1932 in Wellston, daughter of the late Cornelius William Coyle and Jessie E. Collins Coyle. Irene was a 1950 graduate of Wellston High School. She was a former telephone operator for General\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11820,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11791\/revisions\/11820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}