Rock Springs Rocket, Apr 13, 1923
MRS. D.M. THAYER GOES TO REWARD
Rock Springs Mourns Passing of Beloved Pioneer Woman
Upon the news of the death of Mrs. D.M. Thayer, pioneer, philanthropist and truly beloved resident of Rock Springs being flashed broadcast over the city Thursday of this week a cloud of sorrow overshadowed every action, for so closely has her life history been interwoven with that of the city of Rock Springs that her passing is keenly felt by those in all walks of life. For the past few days it had been known that her condition was serious and bulletins were eagerly anticipated hoping against hope that she would survive the maldy from her home on Second street.
Pioneer Activities
Mrs. Thayer was kindness personified. In the early history of Rock Springs when wages were small, cost of living high, and destitution and want were among the people, all such cases, particularly appealed to her, and in scores and scores of cases she laid aside her work and bent all energy for their relief. It was no uncommon sight in those days to see her and her venerable father, the late Oliver C. Smith, arm-in-arm, going to the relief of some poor person or to see to it that a Christian burial was provided in case of death, when she herself would often make the shroud, trim the casket and conduct the song service at the funeral.
If each living person who has received at some time in his or her life, some kindly token of love and helpfulness were to place but one flower on her bier she would sleep tonight in that eternal rest beneath a bower of roses, so-widespread has her acts of kindness prevailed.
Mrs. Thayer was noted far and near for her optimism, her general good nature and her readiness to be of assistance to all with whom she came in contact; in no way is this more emphasized than by the number of children throughout the community named for her.
Pioneer Sunday School Worker
Mrs. Thayer, together with her father, Oliver C. Smith, also Mrs. J.M. Tisdel and Mrs. Alice Keirle, figured prominently in the early life of the first Sunday school organized in Rock Springs. At all entertainments for the children she was the instructor and hundred of such will receive the news of her passing with regret.
Ancestry
Mrs. Thayer came from a long line of New England ancestors, all of whom were musical and among them were found composers of some of the leading operatic selections of America. Sidney Dillon, once president of the Union Pacific Railroad, was a close relative and Pierson Smith, Dillon’s private secretary, was her uncle.
Her father was paymaster at the building of the Union Pacific railroad from almost its inception to its completion, and afterward became a stockholder and manager for the Beckwith-Quinn store. He was a lover of good books, beautiful pictures of Wyoming scenery and possessed photographs of early-day notables along industrial and commercial lines which are today used the Union Pacific in compiling data for their historical volumes.
Life Sketch
Nettie Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Smith, was born in Belchertown, Mass., October 24, 1848, and departed this life in Rock Springs, Wyo., April 11, 1923, aged 74 years, 5 months and 17 days. Death was due to dropsy.
After receiving her education in the schools of Massachusetts, where she grew to womanhood, she was united in marriage to Dwight M. Thayer, at Amherst, on May 1, 1807. To this union three children were born, Hazel Alice, who passed away in early childhood; Mary, now Mrs. Mary Morris of this city, and Oliver P. Thayer, who resides at Helena, Mont.
On November 9, 46 years ago, Mrs. Thayer, with her husband and children located in Rock Springs, where she has continued to reside.
Soon after the organization of the Episcopal parish in this city, Mrs. Thayer has been closely identified with that church, acting in the capacity of organist, proving ever faithful in this as in all tings, until her declining years did not permit her to longer attended the services of the church, of which she was a communicant and which had become a constructive force of her existence.
Those left to mourn her passing besides the husband, one son and one daughter, are a sister, Mrs. George Gobel of Spokane, Wn.; four grandchildren, Eugene, Dorsey and Gordon Morris and Harold Thayer; two great-grandchildren, Keith and Wayne Morris.
Funeral Services
Funeral services will be held from the home on Second street Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. R. Emmet Abraham, rector of the church of the Holy Communion, officiating.
Rock Springs at that time will pay homage to a truly great woman. People from all walks of life will pay tribute to one who has made the community in which she has dwelt a better place in which to live.
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DAR ancestor #106586
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Rock Springs Rocket, April 20, 1923
LAST SAD RITES FOR A PIONEER
Funeral of Mrs. D.M. Thayer Held Sunday Afternoon
The high esteem in which the late Mrs. D.M. Thayer, pioneer of Rock Springs, was held by those whose privilege it had been to meet and know her, was manifested last Sunday afternoon when funeral services, held from the home on Second street, in charge of the Rogan mortuary and with Rev. R. Emmet Abraham of the Church of the Holy Communion officiating, was attended by scores of the people desirous of paying tribute to the memory of one whose life has been outstanding in the development of the city of Rock Springs.
A quintette, composed of Mrs. D.D. Spani, Mrs. A.L. McCurtain, Miss Grace Johnston, J.B. Young and John Ramsay, accompanied at the piano by Miss Flora Jones, rendered three selections, "Asleep in Jesus," "Abide with Me," and "Christian, Good Night."
Floral offerings were in abundance. These, again, were symbolical of Mrs. Thayer's life in the community.
The cortege, the largest of any single funeral ever held in Rock Springs, upon leaving the home proceeded west to C street and thence south to the cemetery, where the Eastern Star held ritualistic services, after which all that was
mortal of this woman, beloved and respected by all, was placed in its final resting abode.
MRS. D.M. THAYER GOES TO REWARD
Rock Springs Mourns Passing of Beloved Pioneer Woman
Upon the news of the death of Mrs. D.M. Thayer, pioneer, philanthropist and truly beloved resident of Rock Springs being flashed broadcast over the city Thursday of this week a cloud of sorrow overshadowed every action, for so closely has her life history been interwoven with that of the city of Rock Springs that her passing is keenly felt by those in all walks of life. For the past few days it had been known that her condition was serious and bulletins were eagerly anticipated hoping against hope that she would survive the maldy from her home on Second street.
Pioneer Activities
Mrs. Thayer was kindness personified. In the early history of Rock Springs when wages were small, cost of living high, and destitution and want were among the people, all such cases, particularly appealed to her, and in scores and scores of cases she laid aside her work and bent all energy for their relief. It was no uncommon sight in those days to see her and her venerable father, the late Oliver C. Smith, arm-in-arm, going to the relief of some poor person or to see to it that a Christian burial was provided in case of death, when she herself would often make the shroud, trim the casket and conduct the song service at the funeral.
If each living person who has received at some time in his or her life, some kindly token of love and helpfulness were to place but one flower on her bier she would sleep tonight in that eternal rest beneath a bower of roses, so-widespread has her acts of kindness prevailed.
Mrs. Thayer was noted far and near for her optimism, her general good nature and her readiness to be of assistance to all with whom she came in contact; in no way is this more emphasized than by the number of children throughout the community named for her.
Pioneer Sunday School Worker
Mrs. Thayer, together with her father, Oliver C. Smith, also Mrs. J.M. Tisdel and Mrs. Alice Keirle, figured prominently in the early life of the first Sunday school organized in Rock Springs. At all entertainments for the children she was the instructor and hundred of such will receive the news of her passing with regret.
Ancestry
Mrs. Thayer came from a long line of New England ancestors, all of whom were musical and among them were found composers of some of the leading operatic selections of America. Sidney Dillon, once president of the Union Pacific Railroad, was a close relative and Pierson Smith, Dillon’s private secretary, was her uncle.
Her father was paymaster at the building of the Union Pacific railroad from almost its inception to its completion, and afterward became a stockholder and manager for the Beckwith-Quinn store. He was a lover of good books, beautiful pictures of Wyoming scenery and possessed photographs of early-day notables along industrial and commercial lines which are today used the Union Pacific in compiling data for their historical volumes.
Life Sketch
Nettie Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Smith, was born in Belchertown, Mass., October 24, 1848, and departed this life in Rock Springs, Wyo., April 11, 1923, aged 74 years, 5 months and 17 days. Death was due to dropsy.
After receiving her education in the schools of Massachusetts, where she grew to womanhood, she was united in marriage to Dwight M. Thayer, at Amherst, on May 1, 1807. To this union three children were born, Hazel Alice, who passed away in early childhood; Mary, now Mrs. Mary Morris of this city, and Oliver P. Thayer, who resides at Helena, Mont.
On November 9, 46 years ago, Mrs. Thayer, with her husband and children located in Rock Springs, where she has continued to reside.
Soon after the organization of the Episcopal parish in this city, Mrs. Thayer has been closely identified with that church, acting in the capacity of organist, proving ever faithful in this as in all tings, until her declining years did not permit her to longer attended the services of the church, of which she was a communicant and which had become a constructive force of her existence.
Those left to mourn her passing besides the husband, one son and one daughter, are a sister, Mrs. George Gobel of Spokane, Wn.; four grandchildren, Eugene, Dorsey and Gordon Morris and Harold Thayer; two great-grandchildren, Keith and Wayne Morris.
Funeral Services
Funeral services will be held from the home on Second street Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. R. Emmet Abraham, rector of the church of the Holy Communion, officiating.
Rock Springs at that time will pay homage to a truly great woman. People from all walks of life will pay tribute to one who has made the community in which she has dwelt a better place in which to live.
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DAR ancestor #106586
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Rock Springs Rocket, April 20, 1923
LAST SAD RITES FOR A PIONEER
Funeral of Mrs. D.M. Thayer Held Sunday Afternoon
The high esteem in which the late Mrs. D.M. Thayer, pioneer of Rock Springs, was held by those whose privilege it had been to meet and know her, was manifested last Sunday afternoon when funeral services, held from the home on Second street, in charge of the Rogan mortuary and with Rev. R. Emmet Abraham of the Church of the Holy Communion officiating, was attended by scores of the people desirous of paying tribute to the memory of one whose life has been outstanding in the development of the city of Rock Springs.
A quintette, composed of Mrs. D.D. Spani, Mrs. A.L. McCurtain, Miss Grace Johnston, J.B. Young and John Ramsay, accompanied at the piano by Miss Flora Jones, rendered three selections, "Asleep in Jesus," "Abide with Me," and "Christian, Good Night."
Floral offerings were in abundance. These, again, were symbolical of Mrs. Thayer's life in the community.
The cortege, the largest of any single funeral ever held in Rock Springs, upon leaving the home proceeded west to C street and thence south to the cemetery, where the Eastern Star held ritualistic services, after which all that was
mortal of this woman, beloved and respected by all, was placed in its final resting abode.
Rock Springs Rocket, Apr 13, 1923
MRS. D.M. THAYER GOES TO REWARD
Rock Springs Mourns Passing of Beloved Pioneer Woman
Upon the news of the death of Mrs. D.M. Thayer, pioneer, philanthropist and truly beloved resident of Rock Springs being flashed broadcast over the city Thursday of this week a cloud of sorrow overshadowed every action, for so closely has her life history been interwoven with that of the city of Rock Springs that her passing is keenly felt by those in all walks of life. For the past few days it had been known that her condition was serious and bulletins were eagerly anticipated hoping against hope that she would survive the maldy from her home on Second street.
Pioneer Activities
Mrs. Thayer was kindness personified. In the early history of Rock Springs when wages were small, cost of living high, and destitution and want were among the people, all such cases, particularly appealed to her, and in scores and scores of cases she laid aside her work and bent all energy for their relief. It was no uncommon sight in those days to see her and her venerable father, the late Oliver C. Smith, arm-in-arm, going to the relief of some poor person or to see to it that a Christian burial was provided in case of death, when she herself would often make the shroud, trim the casket and conduct the song service at the funeral.
If each living person who has received at some time in his or her life, some kindly token of love and helpfulness were to place but one flower on her bier she would sleep tonight in that eternal rest beneath a bower of roses, so-widespread has her acts of kindness prevailed.
Mrs. Thayer was noted far and near for her optimism, her general good nature and her readiness to be of assistance to all with whom she came in contact; in no way is this more emphasized than by the number of children throughout the community named for her.
Pioneer Sunday School Worker
Mrs. Thayer, together with her father, Oliver C. Smith, also Mrs. J.M. Tisdel and Mrs. Alice Keirle, figured prominently in the early life of the first Sunday school organized in Rock Springs. At all entertainments for the children she was the instructor and hundred of such will receive the news of her passing with regret.
Ancestry
Mrs. Thayer came from a long line of New England ancestors, all of whom were musical and among them were found composers of some of the leading operatic selections of America. Sidney Dillon, once president of the Union Pacific Railroad, was a close relative and Pierson Smith, Dillon’s private secretary, was her uncle.
Her father was paymaster at the building of the Union Pacific railroad from almost its inception to its completion, and afterward became a stockholder and manager for the Beckwith-Quinn store. He was a lover of good books, beautiful pictures of Wyoming scenery and possessed photographs of early-day notables along industrial and commercial lines which are today used the Union Pacific in compiling data for their historical volumes.
Life Sketch
Nettie Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Smith, was born in Belchertown, Mass., October 24, 1848, and departed this life in Rock Springs, Wyo., April 11, 1923, aged 74 years, 5 months and 17 days. Death was due to dropsy.
After receiving her education in the schools of Massachusetts, where she grew to womanhood, she was united in marriage to Dwight M. Thayer, at Amherst, on May 1, 1807. To this union three children were born, Hazel Alice, who passed away in early childhood; Mary, now Mrs. Mary Morris of this city, and Oliver P. Thayer, who resides at Helena, Mont.
On November 9, 46 years ago, Mrs. Thayer, with her husband and children located in Rock Springs, where she has continued to reside.
Soon after the organization of the Episcopal parish in this city, Mrs. Thayer has been closely identified with that church, acting in the capacity of organist, proving ever faithful in this as in all tings, until her declining years did not permit her to longer attended the services of the church, of which she was a communicant and which had become a constructive force of her existence.
Those left to mourn her passing besides the husband, one son and one daughter, are a sister, Mrs. George Gobel of Spokane, Wn.; four grandchildren, Eugene, Dorsey and Gordon Morris and Harold Thayer; two great-grandchildren, Keith and Wayne Morris.
Funeral Services
Funeral services will be held from the home on Second street Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. R. Emmet Abraham, rector of the church of the Holy Communion, officiating.
Rock Springs at that time will pay homage to a truly great woman. People from all walks of life will pay tribute to one who has made the community in which she has dwelt a better place in which to live.
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DAR ancestor #106586
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Rock Springs Rocket, April 20, 1923
LAST SAD RITES FOR A PIONEER
Funeral of Mrs. D.M. Thayer Held Sunday Afternoon
The high esteem in which the late Mrs. D.M. Thayer, pioneer of Rock Springs, was held by those whose privilege it had been to meet and know her, was manifested last Sunday afternoon when funeral services, held from the home on Second street, in charge of the Rogan mortuary and with Rev. R. Emmet Abraham of the Church of the Holy Communion officiating, was attended by scores of the people desirous of paying tribute to the memory of one whose life has been outstanding in the development of the city of Rock Springs.
A quintette, composed of Mrs. D.D. Spani, Mrs. A.L. McCurtain, Miss Grace Johnston, J.B. Young and John Ramsay, accompanied at the piano by Miss Flora Jones, rendered three selections, "Asleep in Jesus," "Abide with Me," and "Christian, Good Night."
Floral offerings were in abundance. These, again, were symbolical of Mrs. Thayer's life in the community.
The cortege, the largest of any single funeral ever held in Rock Springs, upon leaving the home proceeded west to C street and thence south to the cemetery, where the Eastern Star held ritualistic services, after which all that was
mortal of this woman, beloved and respected by all, was placed in its final resting abode.
MRS. D.M. THAYER GOES TO REWARD
Rock Springs Mourns Passing of Beloved Pioneer Woman
Upon the news of the death of Mrs. D.M. Thayer, pioneer, philanthropist and truly beloved resident of Rock Springs being flashed broadcast over the city Thursday of this week a cloud of sorrow overshadowed every action, for so closely has her life history been interwoven with that of the city of Rock Springs that her passing is keenly felt by those in all walks of life. For the past few days it had been known that her condition was serious and bulletins were eagerly anticipated hoping against hope that she would survive the maldy from her home on Second street.
Pioneer Activities
Mrs. Thayer was kindness personified. In the early history of Rock Springs when wages were small, cost of living high, and destitution and want were among the people, all such cases, particularly appealed to her, and in scores and scores of cases she laid aside her work and bent all energy for their relief. It was no uncommon sight in those days to see her and her venerable father, the late Oliver C. Smith, arm-in-arm, going to the relief of some poor person or to see to it that a Christian burial was provided in case of death, when she herself would often make the shroud, trim the casket and conduct the song service at the funeral.
If each living person who has received at some time in his or her life, some kindly token of love and helpfulness were to place but one flower on her bier she would sleep tonight in that eternal rest beneath a bower of roses, so-widespread has her acts of kindness prevailed.
Mrs. Thayer was noted far and near for her optimism, her general good nature and her readiness to be of assistance to all with whom she came in contact; in no way is this more emphasized than by the number of children throughout the community named for her.
Pioneer Sunday School Worker
Mrs. Thayer, together with her father, Oliver C. Smith, also Mrs. J.M. Tisdel and Mrs. Alice Keirle, figured prominently in the early life of the first Sunday school organized in Rock Springs. At all entertainments for the children she was the instructor and hundred of such will receive the news of her passing with regret.
Ancestry
Mrs. Thayer came from a long line of New England ancestors, all of whom were musical and among them were found composers of some of the leading operatic selections of America. Sidney Dillon, once president of the Union Pacific Railroad, was a close relative and Pierson Smith, Dillon’s private secretary, was her uncle.
Her father was paymaster at the building of the Union Pacific railroad from almost its inception to its completion, and afterward became a stockholder and manager for the Beckwith-Quinn store. He was a lover of good books, beautiful pictures of Wyoming scenery and possessed photographs of early-day notables along industrial and commercial lines which are today used the Union Pacific in compiling data for their historical volumes.
Life Sketch
Nettie Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Smith, was born in Belchertown, Mass., October 24, 1848, and departed this life in Rock Springs, Wyo., April 11, 1923, aged 74 years, 5 months and 17 days. Death was due to dropsy.
After receiving her education in the schools of Massachusetts, where she grew to womanhood, she was united in marriage to Dwight M. Thayer, at Amherst, on May 1, 1807. To this union three children were born, Hazel Alice, who passed away in early childhood; Mary, now Mrs. Mary Morris of this city, and Oliver P. Thayer, who resides at Helena, Mont.
On November 9, 46 years ago, Mrs. Thayer, with her husband and children located in Rock Springs, where she has continued to reside.
Soon after the organization of the Episcopal parish in this city, Mrs. Thayer has been closely identified with that church, acting in the capacity of organist, proving ever faithful in this as in all tings, until her declining years did not permit her to longer attended the services of the church, of which she was a communicant and which had become a constructive force of her existence.
Those left to mourn her passing besides the husband, one son and one daughter, are a sister, Mrs. George Gobel of Spokane, Wn.; four grandchildren, Eugene, Dorsey and Gordon Morris and Harold Thayer; two great-grandchildren, Keith and Wayne Morris.
Funeral Services
Funeral services will be held from the home on Second street Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. R. Emmet Abraham, rector of the church of the Holy Communion, officiating.
Rock Springs at that time will pay homage to a truly great woman. People from all walks of life will pay tribute to one who has made the community in which she has dwelt a better place in which to live.
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DAR ancestor #106586
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Rock Springs Rocket, April 20, 1923
LAST SAD RITES FOR A PIONEER
Funeral of Mrs. D.M. Thayer Held Sunday Afternoon
The high esteem in which the late Mrs. D.M. Thayer, pioneer of Rock Springs, was held by those whose privilege it had been to meet and know her, was manifested last Sunday afternoon when funeral services, held from the home on Second street, in charge of the Rogan mortuary and with Rev. R. Emmet Abraham of the Church of the Holy Communion officiating, was attended by scores of the people desirous of paying tribute to the memory of one whose life has been outstanding in the development of the city of Rock Springs.
A quintette, composed of Mrs. D.D. Spani, Mrs. A.L. McCurtain, Miss Grace Johnston, J.B. Young and John Ramsay, accompanied at the piano by Miss Flora Jones, rendered three selections, "Asleep in Jesus," "Abide with Me," and "Christian, Good Night."
Floral offerings were in abundance. These, again, were symbolical of Mrs. Thayer's life in the community.
The cortege, the largest of any single funeral ever held in Rock Springs, upon leaving the home proceeded west to C street and thence south to the cemetery, where the Eastern Star held ritualistic services, after which all that was
mortal of this woman, beloved and respected by all, was placed in its final resting abode.
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