Dwight Eugene Tompkins
Dwight Eugene Tompkins
Dwight Eugene Tompkins
1954-2017
Dwight Eugene Tompkins, 63, Sacramento, California, formerly of Barnard, Missouri died Monday, August 14, 2017.
He was born June 11, 1954 to Phyllis Duncan and Doyle Tompkins. He graduated from South Nodaway High School in 1972.
He married Mary Sue DeVore, Maryville, Missouri, on November 21, 1976. They had one daughter, Kimberly McNamara.
Dwight graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1976 where he served in the student senate and as the student senate president in 1976. He was a member of the Blue Key Society and a founding member of the 102 River Club.
The majority of his professional career was with Walsworth Publishing Co., having working relationships with Charles Munger, Hugh O’Brian and the Reagan Library, where Mr. Tompkins was a guest at the unveiling of Air Force One ceremony.
He was preceded in death by his mother.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Sue; daughter, Kimberly (Kevin) McNamara; grandaughter, Brynn; father, Doyle Tompkins, Maryville; sister, Brenda Ryan, Mound City, Missouri, and his DeVore family.
Memorials may be made to the Candlelight Foundation, WaterStone, 10807 New Allegiance Dr., Suite 240, Colorado Springs, CO 80921.
Services will be in Maryville at a later date.
