MOB WIFE FUNERAL.
AROUND a hundred mourners yesterday attended the funeral of gangster's wife Rita Thompson.The wife of late Glasgow godfather Arthur Thompson, died last week aged 72 after a battle with throat cancer.
At 1.30pm, five cars left her home in Provanmill Road in Glasgow's East End bound for nearby Riddrie Park Cemetery.
Rita was buried beside her husband, who died of a heart attack in 1993, son Arthur jnr, who was shot dead in 1991, and daughter Margaret, who died in 1989 of a heroin overdose.
One local said: "It was a very low-key service. The family just wanted to get it over with."
Rita is survived by daughter Tracey,41, and son Billy,39.
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| Publication: | Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) |
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| Date: | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Words: | 121 |
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