Margaret Ann Thompson's Obituary
Our wonderful wife and mother Margaret Ann (Morgan) Thompson passed from this earth on July 1,
2022. Margaret Ann was born to Glyn and Inez Morgan on June 7, 1944, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She
attended elementary school in Pine Grove, Louisiana, and secondary school in Amite, Louisiana. Upon
graduation she attended Southeastern Louisiana University. After two years, she transferred to
Oklahoma State University to pursue a degree in food science. At OSU she met Larry Thompson, who
eventually became her husband. Upon graduation in June, 1966, she entered a one year dietetic intern
program at the Houston Veterans Administration Medical Center and became a licensed registered
dietitian. Soon afterward, she and Larry married and established their first home in Hyde Park,
Massachusetts, in order to be near Larry’s naval home port in Boston. After residing there and
subsequently in Groton, Connecticut (Larry’s next home port), they moved to Tulsa and to Broken Arrow
where they have lived for the last 53 years.
Margaret Ann is survived by her husband, Larry, and her two sons, Robert and David. Robert resides in
rural Muskogee County with his wife Tracy and children Ali, Bodie, and Lily. Robert is a rancher and
insurance broker. David and his wife Jennan Sliman reside in Austin, Texas. David is a software
engineer.
Margaret Ann is also survived by her sister, Glynda Sue Knighten and husband Jim of Poway, California;
nieces Laura Knighten and Katherine Miller, both of Sierra Madre, California, and their spouses and
children.
Margaret Ann was very active in church and community matters, especially activities focused on food
insecurity. While serving as the sponsor for high school youth at First Presbyterian Church in Broken
Arrow, she began a project with the youth that resulted in the formation of Broken Arrow Neighbors.
She was instrumental in achieving tax exempt status for that organization and served as the first
chairman of its Board of Directors.
She maintained an active professional life, serving as Nutritional Consultant to a variety of health care
institutions, as an instructor in institutional food service operations at the OSU Technical College in
Okmulgee, and as a director of food and nutrition at multiple hospitals in the greater Tulsa area. She was
a life-long learner, earning a master’s degree in public health from The University of Oklahoma.
She was the spiritual rock of our family and we shall miss her very much. A memorial service will be held
at 3 pm on July 11 at Floral Haven Chapel followed by a reception. In lieu of flowers, the family requests
that donations be made to Broken Arrow Neighbors, 315 W. College, Broken Arrow, OK 74012.
For those that cannot attend in person webcasting will be available at the following link: https://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/75963/hash:A1981D061D5DE471
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