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Archives for December 2009

By Boyce Thompson

Boyce Thompson, Sr., Dies Unexpectedly

Loved by all for his kindness and warm wit, Boyce Thompson, Sr. died unexpectedly on December 17th 2009 at 76 years of age. He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Patricia Simmers Thompson. He is survived by brothers Bill and Tony Thompson and by four children–Boyce and wife Carol, Hugh and wife […]

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“Pop” Thompson Zig-Zagged Across the Atlantic in Merchant Marine Vessals During WWII

My grandfather, William Boner Thompson, will always be remembered for his avid consumption of World War II history books. On visits to his homes in Bronxville or Pasadena, we would invariably find him sitting forward on the living room sofa, engulfed in a Lucky Strike cloud, immersed in a tome. It turns out that most of these war books were about the […]

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Patricia Simmers Thompson Remembered for Blue-Plate Classics

Patricia Simmers Thompson will be forever remembered for her inspired, succulent interpretations of blue-plate classics that, to this day, remain beyond imitation. Though she left many of these priceless recipes behind, her children make largely feeble attempts to imitate her culinary artistry. Some, such as her recipe for wonderfully pungent spaghetti sauce, may be lost forever,now that bottle after soulless bottle […]

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By Boyce Thompson

Meany Remembered as Brilliant Party Prankster

You know the kind of stories that reduce you to a senseless mass of convulsive laughter, where you involuntarily blurt out laughs like coughs, where your eyes stream with tears and you can’t speak? And just when you stop, you make eye contact with another person who also got the joke and start all over again? Those were the kind […]

Filed Under: Kruttschnitt, Pickering, Thompson Tagged With: Boyce Thompson Sr, Ernest Kruttschnitt, Julius Krutschnitt, Marie Elise Kruttschnitt, Marie Rose Pickering, Patricia Simmers Thompson

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Julius and Marie Krutschnitt Couldn’t Wait to Marry

Julius Kruttschnitt, Jr., and his wife, Marie Rose Pickering, married six months ahead of plan, much to the dismay of Pickering’s mother, according to a September 25, 1907 article from the San Francisco Call. Apparently, the ceremony at the Pickering household, was pulled together so quickly that Kruttschnitt’s parents didn’t  even attend. He’s quoted in the paper as having no idea […]

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