Background
Thompson, Virginia Elizabeth was born on July 18, 1919 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Michael Rocco and Louise Margaret (Occhiuzzi) Santoro.
Thompson, Virginia Elizabeth was born on July 18, 1919 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Michael Rocco and Louise Margaret (Occhiuzzi) Santoro.
Certified municipal clerk Office manager Thomas Drug Store, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1937—1946, O'Malley Builders Hardware, Phoenix, 1961—1968. Co-owner The Triangle, Latrobe, 1946—1959. Clerk Tempe, Arizona, 1968—1978, since 1982.
Member advisory board Tempe Salvation Army, 1975—1978. Director American Red Cross, 1982—1985. Member executive board Theodore Roosevelt council Boy Scouts American, 1975—1978.
Member Tempe History Society, since 1975. Charter member Fine Arts Center of Tempe, since 1982. Secretary Tempe Sister City Corporation, 1969—1978, historian, since 1982.
Board directors East Valley Catholic Social Services Agency, since 1987. Member of American Business Women's Association (secretary 1974-1975, vice president 1976-1977, Woman of Year 1972), Arizona Municipal Clerks Association (president 1974-1976), International Institute Municipal Clerks (board directors 1978), Ladies Sodality Club, Ladies Auxiliary Elks Lodge, Zonta Lodge (vice president 1985-1986, president 1986-1987).
Married Murrell Robert Thompson, April 7, 1942 (deceased). Children: Sharon Virginia, Murrell Robert Junior.