John Joseph Thompson, age 71, of Archbold, passed away on December 15, 2023, in CHP Defiance Inpatient Hospice. He was born on March 9, 1952, in Perrysburg, to Charles E. and Elda M. (Hopfield) Thompson. John was the fifth of seven children. John and most of his siblings attended Perrysburg schools from K-12. John’s father, Dr. Charles E. Thompson, was a well-known optome- trist in town, resu...