Margaret M. Thompson, 87, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., died Thursday, Aug. 29, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge.

She was born July 29, 1909, in Baltimore, Md., daughter of Noel Hall and Alice Kate Gassman Matthews. He and Dr. Harry G. Thompson Sr. were married Dec. 1, 1935. He died Nov. 7, 1968.

Thompson was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Mt. Vernon, treasurer of St. Anne's Guild many years, and member and past president of Jefferson-Hamilton County Medical Auxiliary.

Survivors include three daughters, Mary Alice Regenhardt of Cape Girardeau, Caroline Crocker of Newton, Iowa, Elizabeth Rhoads of Lakeland, Fla.; a son, Dr. H. Goff Thompson of Mt. Vernon; two brothers, John Matthews of Lakewood, N.J., Noel Matthews of Rochester, N.Y.; 16 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Robert D. Harmon officiating. Burial will be in Kirk Cemetery at Ina, Ill.

Friends may call at the church after 9:30 a.m. Monday.

Hughey Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon is in charge of arrangements.