- Date Of Birth: June 4, 1954
- Date Of Death: December 20, 2019
- State: Idaho
Mike was born on June 4, 1954 in Madelia, MN, the youngest son of Everett C. and Mae D. Thompson, moving to Gooding when Mike was 3 years old.
On April 12, 1979 he married the love of his life, Marta Novis. From this union was born a daughter, Lacie Thompson and a son, Lance Thompson. He worked with his father at Thompson and Son Construction until moving to the Wood River Valley in 1989 where he continued in his construction trade working on many celebrities’ homes.
Mike was a storyteller and could go on forever telling joke after joke. Mike knew no strangers, everyone he met was a friend. He enjoyed traveling to places where there was a warm beach, especially where he considered his home away from home in Puerto Vallarta, MX, where he enjoyed hanging out with peddlers on the beach. He always had a way with animals that had even the wildest of them eating out of his hand. He had dogs, cats, a raccoon, skunk, monkey and up until his death his companion Stinker the Wonder Skunk.
He is survived by his wife Marta of Gooding, his daughter Lacie Thompson (Jim Bradley), his son Lance Thompson (Sara Calhoun), granddaughter Harlee Manning, all of Bellevue, Idaho, brother Richard (Bev) Thompson, Twin Falls, Idaho, nieces Evette (Ryan) Owens great-niece Jayce Thompson, Queen Creek, AZ, Shayla Thompson, Gooding, Idaho, Anne (Brent) Nichols, Pocatello, Idaho, Wendy Thompson, Twin Falls, Christina (Brad) McMullen and great nieces Taylor and Evie Taylor, Twin Falls, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by his parents, son Michael Kade Thompson, brother Barry Thompson and one great nephew.
