BORN

1919

DIED

2021

FUNERAL HOME

Clement L. Pantalone Funeral Home, Inc.

409 West Pittsburgh St.

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Virginia Thompson Obituary

Virginia S. Thompson passed peacefully Saturday, July 24, 2021, at home with her daughter, Sharon Miller, and daughter-in-law, Joyce Thompson, by her side. She was born July 18, 1919, in Greensburg, the daughter of Michael and Louise Occhiuzzi Santoro. Virginia graduated Greensburg High School in 1937 and before graduation was hired by owner Joe Laufe as a bookkeeper at Thomas Drug Store in Greensburg. On April 7, 1942, Virginia and Murrell Robert Thompson Sr. were married at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Greensburg by Father Nicola Albanese. Together, they operated the Triangle Diner and Gulf gas station at the intersection of routes 982 and 30 in Derry Township from 1946 to 1959. In 1959, she and Murrell moved with their children, Sharon and Bob, to Tempe, Ariz. In 1999, Virginia returned to Greensburg to live with her daughter, Sharon, and son-in-law, Larry Miller. Virginia traveled to Ireland on Sept. 11, 2001, passing through Boston just as the 9/11 attacks were beginning in the United States. Virginia was predeceased by her parents; husband, Murrell; son, Bob; son-in-law, Larry Miller; and siblings, Helen Nitka, Richard Santoro, Grace Poteste, Fran Kichty, Patricia James and Larry Santoro. She is survived by her daughter, Sharon Miller, of Greensburg; daughter-in-law, Joyce Thompson, of Tempe, Ariz.; grandson, Jason Thompson and his wife, Lauren Richter, of Chandler, Ariz.; great-grandsons, Theodore, Sebastian and Elias Thompson, of Chandler, Ariz.; sister-in-law, Joan Santoro, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate the life of Virginia from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the CLEMENT L. PANTALONE FUNERAL HOME INC., 409 W. Pittsburgh St., Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-837-0020. Prayers will follow at 7 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Tempe, Ariz. Interment will follow in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Bethlehem Project, 300 N. Main St., Greensburg, PA 15601. Virginia's family has entrusted her care to the Pantalone Funeral Home Inc., Greensburg. To share your memories and photos, offer your condolences or for directions, please visit us at www.pantalone.com. Natale N. Pantalone, supervisor.

Published by Tribune Review on Jul. 27, 2021.
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