Herbert Theiner alias Thiner: 1883 - 1961
Herbert was the seventh and youngest child born to Joseph Theiner and Anna Maria Kempter. He was born on a rented farm in Wheeling Township, Cook County, Illinois, and was baptized in the nearby Catholic church of St. Mary's in Buffalo Grove, Lake County, Illinois. His grandparents, Jacob Kempter and Margaretha Dornacher also lived in Wheeling, Illinois at this time. At the age of one year, his parents pulled up stakes in Illinois and moved west to Raymondville, Missouri where they were able to purchased their own farm. Herbert's formative years were spent on this farm. They lived there about twelve years from 1884 to the year 1896 when his father passed away. His older brother, Jake stayed on to run the farm in Missouri while the rest of the family moved back east to Indiana where his older sister, Catherine Buscher, was living with her new family. Around 1901 the Geis, Theiner & Buscher families all moved west to Webster County, Iowa. He stayed on in Indiana and married the twenty-two year old Mayme Thornbrough on January 17, 1906 at Earl Park, Indiana. She was the daughter of Preston Thornbrough and Lizzie Wall of Monroe, Adams County, Indiana. After their marriage, he and his new bride also moved to Webster County, Iowa to be closer to his family in the Fort Dodge area. While living in Iowa, Herbert decided to anglicize the family name to "Thiner". Over the next fourteen years, he farmed various rented farms in Webster County before finally moving to his own farm in Alba Township, Jackson County, Minnesota. He farmed here for the next twenty-one years before retiring in 1941. Herbert and Mayme had twelve children together, six boys and six girls. They enjoyed their retirement years in the neighboring town of Brewster, Minnesota. This is where Herbert died at the age of 77 years. He was buried in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Brewster, Nobles County, Minnesota. Eight years later, his beloved wife, Mayme, was interred next to him.
Herbert Thiner Biography
Copyrighted © 2014 by Allen P. Grasser

HERBERT THINER
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. from Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Brewster, for Herbert Thiner, 77 year-old retired farmer who died unexpectedly Tuesday night at his home at Brwster.
The Rev. Patrick Farrell will officiate. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Thiner was born Oct. 1, 1883 at Buffalo Grove, Ill. the son of Joseph and Marie Kempter Thiner. He and Mayme Thornbrough were married Jan. 17, 1906 at Earl Park, Ind.
They farmed near Fort Dodge, Iowa for 14 years, then in Alba Township, Jackson County, for 21 years before retiring and moving into Brewster 20 years ago.
Mr. Thiner was a charter member of the Worthington Knights of Columbus, prior to the start of the Council at Brewster.
Besides his wife, he is survived by five sons, Lawrence, Worthington, and Frank, George, Paul, and Raymond, Brewster, and five daughters, Mrs. George Halfmann, (Grace), Tracy, and Mrs. Kenneth Reecy (Helen), Mrs. Tom Bohn (Rose), Mrs. Ed Bohn (Marie) and Mrs. Earl Kaufman (Theresa), all of Brewster.
He is also survived by 72 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Geis, North Long Beach, Calif.
He was preceded in death by two children, his parents, four brothers and one sister.
Mr. Thiner will lie in state at his home at Brewster from tonight until the hour of the service Saturday. The Wallin Funeral Home is in charge.
"Worthington Daily Globe" Newspaper - Worthington, Minnesota - Thursday, Sept. 7, 1961