Deborah Thompson, 68, Jefferson City, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at Capital Region Medical Center.
She was born Sept. 7, 1956, to the late Virgil and Rose (Veit) Kempker of Westphalia.
She grew up in Folk and was a 1974 graduate of Fatima High School.
Upon graduation Deborah began working at Florsheim Shoes exclusively selling to the Sears Department Store account. In 2003 Deborah was employed by the Missouri Department of Revenue in the Corporate Tax department from where she retired in 2020 after 17 years of service.
Deborah was united in marriage to Bob Thompson April 19, 1986, in Jefferson City. They raised two daughters, Holly and Ivy in their Russellville home.
In her free time, she enjoyed crocheting, bowling, solving picture puzzles and baking delicious desserts for her family.
Deborah was preceded in death by husband, Bob; parents,Virgil and Rose; daughter, Ivy Kempker; twin great-grandsons, Alex Paul and Taylor Lee Patten; brother, Daniel Kempker; and sisters, Darlene Welschmeyer and Dawn Ramos.
She is survived by mother, Rose of Westphalia; grandchildren, Ceaira Thompson of Kansas City, Shyanne Kempker-Miller of Loose Creek, Aidan McMullin of Jefferson City and Brady McMullin of Bland; step-daughter, Holly Thompson of Jefferson City; siblings, Diane Morgan and husband Raymond, David Kempker, Dwayne Kempker and wife Tanya, Donna Kesel, and Delores “Lynn” Kempker, all of Folk and Doris West of Freeburg.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Tuesday, March 18, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Folk with Reverend Dylan Schrader officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery at a later date.
Arrangements entrusted to Trimble Funeral Homes-Westphalia.
