Death
Paul Thomson died on May 31, 2008 at the age of 91, of complications related to old age, at a retirement home in Fallbrook, California. He was survived by his four younger sisters, Margaret Greiber, Catharine Kingsolver, Alice Hasenyager and Ellen Hanly. His wife, Helen, died in 2007. They had been married for 65 years.
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