Erik Grinde Thompson
FATHER: Sophus Goodwin Thompson
MOTHER: Dagny Herborg Aasgaard
BORN: May 3, 1934; Dallas, Texas
BAPTIZED: June 17, 1934, Central Lutheran Church, Dallas, Texas Click
CONFIRMED: June 5, 1949, Central Lutheran Church, Dallas, Texas
SIBLING: Sophus Aasgaard Thompson
MARRIED: Sidney Jean Hultgren;
September 4, 1959
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Boise, Idaho
CHILDREN: Kirsten Jean (b:Dec. 8, 1963; d:Dec. 8, 1963)
Karsten Erik (b:Oct. 5, 1966)
Sigrid Elise (b:June 23, 1971)
Brita Kristina (b:June 23, 1971)
PHOTOS:
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Dagny holding Erik (8 weeks old)
June 28, 1934
622 10th Ave. North
Fargo, North Dakota

Grandmother Brita holding Erik (8 weeks old)
June 28, 1934
622 10th Ave. North
Fargo, North Dakota

Erik on first birthday
May 3, 1935
At home, 3451 McFarlin Blvd
Dallas, Texas

Erik, October 6, 1936 (17 mo)
At home, 3451 McFarlin Blvd
(3453 is the duplex address)
Dallas, Texas

Easter egg hunt with older brother

First day of school with Mother.
University Park Elementary School, Dallas, Texas
January, 1940

Erik on front porch of Dyer Street home.
playing with a pipe.
May, 1940

Christmas on Dyer Street, Dallas, Texas.
Date unknown, approximately 1941
Sophus and Dagny Thompson
Sophus A., and Erik

Hanging stockings on Christmas Eve.
with brother Sophus.
Living Room of Dyer Street home.
Date unknown.

1940. Very proud of being able to attach
a headlight to his scooter.
Picture taken on the sidewalk in front
of the Dyer Street home.

First bike. Winter of 1942.
Picture taken in back yard of home
at 2936 Dyer Street, Dallas.

Childhood home, Summer of 1941
2936 Dyer St. Dallas, Texas.
Erik lived here from 1939 to 1959.
Karsten, Sigrid and Brita, knew it as
Grandma Dagny's and Poppy's home.

Back yard of Dyer St. home
circa 1940s.
Rose bushes planted by his father.

Cub Scout, March, 1944

Erik is first row, fourth from left.
Life long friend, Rafael Ubico, is first row, fourth from right.
Teacher was Miss Johnson - all the boys were in love with her.

The catch after fishing at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
The Fredrickson (Aunt Elma) cottage, July, 1948
With brother Sophus.

Confirmation, June 5, 1949
Central Lutheran Church, Dallas, Texas
Left to right:
Carol Ann Morton, Joan Hast, Jerry Kelly,
Erik Thompson, Dale Swenson, Donald Smith
Donald Caruth, Lesley Larson