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Bennett Cloud Thompson

Bennett Cloud Thompson, 78, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, in Ignacio. A wake was held Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014.  A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. today, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 at the Sky Ute Casino Event Center. Pastor Kelly Winlock will officiate.  Burial will follow at Ignacio East Cemetery.

Mr. Thompson was born March 2, 1936 in Ignacio, the son of George and Lucy Cloud Thompson.   Bennett attended the Ute Vocational School in Ignacio as well as Ignacio High School and graduated from Haskell Indian High School in Lawrence, Kan.  He was active in sports, especially basketball, and he rode rodeo bulls.

He married LaVara June  Burch on June 16, 1959 in Aztec, N.M.

Bennett was a traditional dancer, a Sun Dancer, an avid hunter and enjoyed riding his Harley and hanging out with his biker buddies. He was lovingly known as "Loner."

Bennett collected friends and had an ability to associate with anybody.  His legacy is his family, who he loved.

 He is survived by his children, Luana Herrera, Rebecca, JoGenia, Franklin, Keith and Renee, and Shawn Thompson, all of Ignacio, and LeAnn Thompson of White Rocks, Utah. Survivors also include his siblings, Evelyn Russell and Cecil, Barney and Sammy Pinnecoose all of Ignacio; and his grandchildren, Renelda Herrera, Elania Graham, Abel Romero, Mariah Thompson, Christian Thompson, Shoshone Thompson, Kyle Thompson, Natelle Thompson, Krislynn Thompson, Gracelynn Thompson, Mark Garcia, Eli Garcia, Shelton Garcia, LuAna Thompson, Mikki Mountainlion, Jerilynn Reed, Talia Reed; and numerous great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, LaVara June Thompson; a son, Mark Bennett Thompson; and siblings Clea Thompson, Erma Thompson, Irene Weaver, and LaVeta Vigil and Morgan Thompson.