John Ringling may have invented Sarasota, but it was Ken Thompson who made it work. Sarasota’s longest serving city manager—from 1950 to 1988—modernized the sleepy resort town and turned it ...

14 Grandchildren, 10 Great Grandchildren, His sister Donna Bartlett of Cuyahoga Falls, OH, His brother Kenneth and Ginger Thompson of Belleview, FL, as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.

Kenneth Thompson, 92, passed away on Wednesday December 28 peacefully. He was born on December 17, 1924 in Syracuse, New York to Eva and Oswald Thompson. Ken grew up in Colorado graduating from ...

THOMPSON - Kenneth L. November 1, 2019. Beloved husband of the late Helen; devoted father of Deborah (Leon) Rivers, Kenneth L. Thompson Jr., and David (Emily Cavanaugh) Thompson; loving ...

The Sarasota City Commission recently voted to consider an unsolicited bid from local developer Jeff Koffman of RIDE Entertainment to bring a number of commercial enterprises to Ken Thompson Park ...

Kenneth Winfred Thompson, 91, died Saturday at Martha Jefferson House. He led the Miller Center for two decades, greatly building its national reputation. “I don’t know of anyone else who ...