Edith Ann Thompson

Edith Ann Thompson, 84, of Bloomfield, beloved wife of 30 years of Rob Thompson, Edie as she was known passed away peacefully, surrounded by family members on Saturday, December 6, 2025 following a sudden cerebrovascular accident. She had been under the wonderful care of Hospice at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington since the Wednesday before. Edie was born in Winthrop, MA to Richard Forestall Sewall and Margaret Tully Hollywood Sewall. She was raised in Cape Elizabeth, ME and after High School would graduate from Colby College in Waterville, ME. Following graduation Edie would teach French in Suffield, where she met her first husband Ed McKeon. She moved from teaching to the dental field assisting Dr. David Weil in opening his practice in West Hartford, later becoming his office manager and working there for many years. Edie then went to Manchester Community College receiving her certification to work as an addiction counselor. She was hired by New Britain General, rising to become the Director of the Employee Assistance Program, before retirement. Edie mentored many women over her lifetime and would befriend and love them all. She felt a deep sense of peace working in her garden, tending to her “girls” the many plants, shrubs and flowers in it. Her greatest love was her family, in addition to Rob, she is survived by her daughter Kelli Ann Gilbert who was the light of her life and her husband Timothy, her grandchildren: Ryan Gilbert and his wife Kendra, Samantha Werner and her husband Liam, Olivia, Jillian, and Adam Plaut, Charlee Thompson, Samuel and Lucy Culkin. As well as two great grandchildren. She is additionally survived by her sisters, Hannah Potter and her husband Ben, and Kathy Sewall whose husband Tom predeceased her and a brother Arthur Sewall and his wife Polly. Her stepchildren, Anne Plaut and her husband Kevin, Joseph Thompson and his wife Lindsay, and Christina Culkin and her husband Peter also mourn her passing, as do her brother in law John Thompson and his wife Martha, Frank Thompson and his wife Roxanne, and sister in law Barbara Zinnen who's husband Michael pre deceased Edie. A memorial service will be held on December 20 at 2:00 pm at the Universalist Church of West Hartford, 433 Fern St. West Hartford, CT 06107 with a reception to follow at the Church. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Food Ministry at the Universalist Church of West Hartford. Directions and online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com