Nathaniel Vanhook Thompson

My daughter, Ashley England, was Nathan's classmate at Dodgeland. Everyone who knew Nathan (as my daughter did), or knew of Nathan (as I did), were aware of and touched by a sense of the extra ordinary - a young man blessed with innate and abundant gifts of kindness, generosity, love and intelligence, who was destined to accomplish great good in this world. You must be so proud of your son and all that he has accomplished during his time on earth. Wow!!! What a beautiful life Nathan lived! What a beautiful soul he is!

Remembering Nathan every moment today. Reminiscing about the mission trip to Homestead, Florida and how he took game time so seriously, trying to figure out the nuances of Sequence and Mafia as if all the world depended on it. We ran into Nathan a year ago at the Blackhawk dance and were chatting with him until I noticed his eyes lingering behind me...toward a beautiful girl he knew. Nathan always took the time to say hello and never, ever seemed in a rush to move on (except for that time with the beautiful girl!). We always said he was going to change the world; Nathan was the most brilliant young man we have ever met. Knowing him was a joy and a blessing and your family has always been a symbol of love, intelligence, and principles to our family. Our loss is Heaven's gain. He shines bright in our hearts and memories. We promise to laugh as we cry, to honor him and his spirit. We love you, Ron, Tracy, Gabrielle, Jacob, Tiffany, and Clay Scheffler

Nathan was a wonderful and kind young man. Every time I saw Nathan he would have a big smile, stop to say hi and chat w/me. When speaking to my son Joe about Nathan - he remembered helping him with the fundamentals of football. This would have been 12 years ago when my son was a senior @ Dodgeland High School. After the football games on Fridays some of the players of the varsity team would mentor kids on Saturday mornings and Joe mentored Nathan. Joe remembered Nathan as being very kind and just a very nice kid. I hope it gives your family comfort to know that Nathan touched so many lives with his wonderfully kind spirit. He will be missed by all. My family's thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Take care and God bless, Kathy and Gary Zwieg and Adam, Joe and Michael Bosak.

We were so saddened to learn of Nathan's passing. We have such fond memories of Nathan, he was such a fine young man. We are praying that God will be your comfort and strength, until Revelation 21:4 comes to pass. Bert and Debbie Callahan

Nathan was my classmate at UW-Madison. We both lived in Bradley our freshmen year and we were both peer mentors our sophomore year. Although I wasn't very close friends with Nathan, I only have sweet memories of his kindness and optimism whenever I encountered him around Bradley or while we were working as peer mentors. He was always smiling and very thoughtful to always ask me how I was doing. I remember him as always being so insightful and it was such a pleasure to have a conversation with him or to see him around. He will be truly missed and was certainly a faithful servant of the Lord who lived his life as life giving to others. My prayers are with Nathan's family and friends. -Nicole K.