Thank you for visiting this memorial page honoring those who either graduated or would have graduated from Granger High School in 1965. We are honoring as many former classmates as we can find who have passed on. They were our friends, associates, teammates and, in some cases, our lifelong partners and companions. We also honor our veterans and those gallant young men who gave their all, in defense of the country they loved so much. To our MIA, James Schiele, we will never forget you and will continue to look forward to the day your remains are returned to the land of the free, the home of the brave.

Thanks to everyone who helped in the development of this memorial page, especially Diane Day Cooper, who would have graduated a Lancer were it not for her parents relocating their family in 1960. Without her, this would not have been possible. Thom Rich

“And each one there has one thing shared, they have sweated beneath the same sun, looked up in wonder at the same moon, and wept when it was all done, for bein' done too soon.” Neil Diamond

Friday, February 8, 2019

Kathleen (Kathi) Thomson

Kathleen (Kathi) Thomson passed away in Bend, OR on February 8, 2019, after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer.

Kathi was born in Salt Lake City, UT to Jerry Don and Beverly Nash Crawford on Dec. 20, 1946.  She was later adopted by Keith J. Thomson, her mother’s 2nd husband. 

After graduation from Granger High School in 1965, Kathi attended the University of Utah.  On August 18, 1967, she married high school classmate Gary Burns, whom she’d been dating since the summer after their junior year.  They were the parents of two sons, Ryan and Greg.  Gary and Kathi lived in West Jordan, UT until Gary graduated from the University of Utah and then in 1977 relocated to Orange County, CA where Kathi, with her gregarious personality, was a natural fit as a tour director.  She guided tourists to various sites from Tijuana to the movie studios in Los Angeles.  She and Gary divorced in 1985 and on July 7, 1986, Kathi married Edson H Hawley, Jr. in Las Vegas, NV.  He and Kathi resided in Garden Grove, CA and after Ed’s passing, eventually to Bend, OR.

Kathi was survived by her son Ryan, his wife Mita and their children Brianna and Alec. She was also survived by her son Greg, his wife Wilma and their children Cameron and Harrison, plus her sister, Joanie, of Indio, CA.  She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers Brent James Thomson and Corwyn (Cory) Keith Thomson. 

Kathi’s life was celebrated by her family and her ashes scattered in places she loved.

(This obituary was compiled with the assistance of Gary Burns and from Internet genealogical research.)

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