OREM--John M. Thacker, 76, died Monday at 6:30 in a Provo hospital of a coronary occlusion following an operation. Born May 7, 1885, Heber City, to William T. and Sarah Tonks Thacker. Active member, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Sawmill operator and carpenter. Married Jane Bell September 6, 1906, Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Survivors: widow, Orem; sons, daughters, Murray, Mrs. Jack (Kay) Snyder, both of Heber City; Wilson, Dallis, Mrs. Don (Nora) Thornton, Mrs. Lee (Verona) Schaugaard, all Orem; Mrs. Leon (Leona) Gordon, Helper, Carbon County; 29 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Friday noon, Orem Seventeenth Ward Chapel. Friends call Olpin-Sundberg Mortuary, Orem, Thursday 7-9, Friday prior. Burial, Heber City Cemetery.
-Salt Lake Tribune, July 5, 1961, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
John Murray Murdock Thacker was born to Sarah Rachel Rooke Tonks Thacker and William Timothy Thacker.
Spouse: Jane Ann Bell Thacker
To this union the following were born: Murray Durrant Thacker, Kelsey Thacker, William Ellis Thacker, Piccola Thacker, Sarah Rachel Thacker, Baby Thacker, Wilson Fonzo Thacker, Dallas "J" Thacker and three unknowns.
Survivors: widow, Orem; sons, daughters, Murray, Mrs. Jack (Kay) Snyder, both of Heber City; Wilson, Dallis, Mrs. Don (Nora) Thornton, Mrs. Lee (Verona) Schaugaard, all Orem; Mrs. Leon (Leona) Gordon, Helper, Carbon County; 29 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Friday noon, Orem Seventeenth Ward Chapel. Friends call Olpin-Sundberg Mortuary, Orem, Thursday 7-9, Friday prior. Burial, Heber City Cemetery.
-Salt Lake Tribune, July 5, 1961, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
John Murray Murdock Thacker was born to Sarah Rachel Rooke Tonks Thacker and William Timothy Thacker.
Spouse: Jane Ann Bell Thacker
To this union the following were born: Murray Durrant Thacker, Kelsey Thacker, William Ellis Thacker, Piccola Thacker, Sarah Rachel Thacker, Baby Thacker, Wilson Fonzo Thacker, Dallas "J" Thacker and three unknowns.
OREM--John M. Thacker, 76, died Monday at 6:30 in a Provo hospital of a coronary occlusion following an operation. Born May 7, 1885, Heber City, to William T. and Sarah Tonks Thacker. Active member, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Sawmill operator and carpenter. Married Jane Bell September 6, 1906, Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Survivors: widow, Orem; sons, daughters, Murray, Mrs. Jack (Kay) Snyder, both of Heber City; Wilson, Dallis, Mrs. Don (Nora) Thornton, Mrs. Lee (Verona) Schaugaard, all Orem; Mrs. Leon (Leona) Gordon, Helper, Carbon County; 29 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Friday noon, Orem Seventeenth Ward Chapel. Friends call Olpin-Sundberg Mortuary, Orem, Thursday 7-9, Friday prior. Burial, Heber City Cemetery.
-Salt Lake Tribune, July 5, 1961, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
John Murray Murdock Thacker was born to Sarah Rachel Rooke Tonks Thacker and William Timothy Thacker.
Spouse: Jane Ann Bell Thacker
To this union the following were born: Murray Durrant Thacker, Kelsey Thacker, William Ellis Thacker, Piccola Thacker, Sarah Rachel Thacker, Baby Thacker, Wilson Fonzo Thacker, Dallas "J" Thacker and three unknowns.
Survivors: widow, Orem; sons, daughters, Murray, Mrs. Jack (Kay) Snyder, both of Heber City; Wilson, Dallis, Mrs. Don (Nora) Thornton, Mrs. Lee (Verona) Schaugaard, all Orem; Mrs. Leon (Leona) Gordon, Helper, Carbon County; 29 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Friday noon, Orem Seventeenth Ward Chapel. Friends call Olpin-Sundberg Mortuary, Orem, Thursday 7-9, Friday prior. Burial, Heber City Cemetery.
-Salt Lake Tribune, July 5, 1961, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
John Murray Murdock Thacker was born to Sarah Rachel Rooke Tonks Thacker and William Timothy Thacker.
Spouse: Jane Ann Bell Thacker
To this union the following were born: Murray Durrant Thacker, Kelsey Thacker, William Ellis Thacker, Piccola Thacker, Sarah Rachel Thacker, Baby Thacker, Wilson Fonzo Thacker, Dallas "J" Thacker and three unknowns.
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