James A. Thompson

James A. Thompson of Stratford, CT passed away January 12, 2023 following three-plus years of cancer treatment. Born in Portau-Prince, Haiti on May 5, 1933 to the late Leonard and Juliette (Sirvent) Thompson, Jim traveled the world as a child and ended up speaking five languages. He was a U.S. Army veteran and attended St. Francis College in Pennsylvania. For more than half a century Jim was a TV-Radio Broadcaster/News Director and known as “The Voice of Greenwich” before retiring. He had been on the air at WTIC-AM-FM-TV in Hartford, CT as the evening sports anchor and hosted the children’s show, “The Ranger Station” in Hartford and at Cablevision of Connecticut’s Channel 12 News as they began operations in Norwalk. With his passion for music Jim created and hosted a program called “Mario Lanza and Friends” where he invited singers from the Metropolitan Opera and various celebrities to co-host. His beautiful baritone voice was not only easy to listen to for news and interviews but he also sang for President Nixon and was featured on the “Ed Sullivan Show” after winning the “All Army Entertainment Contest” for best vocals. Jim is survived by his loving wife and best friend of 35 years Dima Joseph-Thompson. He is also survived by his four children, James Thompson and his wife Carol of Florida, Colleen Wasicko and her husband Michael of Maryland,

Leonard Thompson of Connecticut and Tiffany Antista and her husband Ryan of California, six cherished grandchildren, Jimmy Lee Thompson (Kasey), Kimberly Grandzol (Rich), Natalie, Michael, Melissa and Katie Wasicko as well as two great-grandchildren, Rowan and Eleanor Grandzol. Jim has had a strong faith-based life journey and will be remembered at a Christian Mass celebration expected in late Spring at St. Mark Church in Stratford. The Adzima Funeral Home in Stratford has been entrusted with arrangements. Donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Impact the lives of St. Jude kids - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (stjude.org) or the Connecticut Humane Society Home – Connecticut Humane Society ( cthumane. org ). For more information or to make an online condolence please visit www. adzimafuneralhome.com