Bryan A. Thompson, 44, of South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, died Saturday after a courageous battle with cancer.

He was the beloved husband of Carla (Rossi) Thompson; loving father of Melanie Pembrooke Thompson; son of Judy Ann (Robert) Hart of Harrisburg and Keith G. Thompson of Butler; brother of Brent V. (Patti) Thompson of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; uncle of Keith and Andrew Thompson; son-in-law of Nancy (the late Melvin) Walters of Morgantown, W. Va., and Theodore (Sherrie) Rossi of Schererville, Ind.

Bryan was a 1987 graduate of West Virginia University and earned his master's degree at Waynesburg College in 2008.

He was a sales manager for Mobile Radio Service in Pittsburgh.

He was a member of Holy Angels Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wilmerding, the Bridgeville-South Fayette Rotary Club and the N.R.A.

<B>THOMPSON</B> — Friends of Bryan A. Thompson, who died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the <B>Warchol Funeral Home</B>, 3060 Washington Pike, Bridgeville.A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Emanuel Lutheran Church, 935 Pine Ave., Pittsburgh. Everyone please meet at the church.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Melanie Thompson Education Fund, c/o Northwest Bank, 431 Washington Ave., Bridgeville, PA 15017.