Surnames: Thayer, Smith, Fleming, Graham, Cook, Christman, Danburger

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 12/18/1947

Thayer, Nora (8 Oct. 1883 - 15 Dec. 1947)

Mrs. Harley Thayer, age 64, died Monday night at 8:00 o’clock at her home in Unity following a long illness. Private funeral services are being held this Thursday morning at the Lulloff Funeral Home in Colby, where the body had been lying in state, and at 1:30 o’clock Rev. F. J. Smith of Colby and Rev. E. J. Fleming of Marshfield will conduct funeral services at the Unity Methodist church with Rev. Fleming delivering the message. Burial will be made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery.

Mrs. Thayer, nee Nora Graham, was born in the town of Unity on Oct. 8, 1883, and was married to Harley Thayer on October 8, 1902. She was a member of the Methodist church, the Women’s Society of Christian Service and Ladies’ Aid Society. She spent her entire life in Unity.

Surviving besides her husband are two children, Mrs. S. A. Cook of Unity and Graham Thayer of Colby; three brothers, George and Charles Graham of Alberta, Canada, and Jess Graham of British Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Christman of Tony and Mrs. Bessie Danburger of Alberta, Canada; and three grand children. A brother died in infancy and two sisters, Lucy and Aurilla, also preceded her in death.

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