Obituaries

Dr. John Ansel Armstrong Thomson: 1911-2011

Thomson developed the world-famous horticultural vitamins-hormones solution SUPERthrive formula in 1939.

The Universal City-North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is mourning one of its longtime members. The following message was included in the chamber's latest newsletter:

Dr. John Ansel Armstrong Thomson, inventor of the world-famous horticultural vitamins-hormones solution SUPERthrive®, passed away peacefully on November 28, 2011, five days after his 100th birthday.   He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Preceded in death by his lovely wife June Anna Mae Hummel Thomson, Dr. Thomson is survived by three children, Sheryll, Patrisha, and Robert Thomson, all located in the Los Angeles area; three grandchildren, Travis and Ben Thomson, and Leah Flanagan; and four great-grandchildren, Elijah and Alannah June Thomson and William and Margaret June Flanagan.

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Thomson developed the SUPERthrive® formula in 1939.  Seventy-two years later, he was still engaged in the daily operations of his company,  Vitamin Institute, actively selling worldwide.  As the new President, his daughter Patrisha Thomson will continue her father's legacy of improving horticultural and agricultural crops with the firm's sole product.

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