Ed Thurman Dies In Nampa, Idaho
Ed. C. Thurman 80, died Weednesday evening at Nampa, Idaho, according to word received here by relatives.
The date for the services has not as yet been decided.
Rites Held for Ed C. Thurman
Funeral services were held Monday, Mar 25 in the Grover Ward Chapel for Edward Clarence Thurman, 80, who died Mar 20 at a Nampa Idaho hospital of causes incident to age. Bp. Ezra Jensen was in charge. Burial was in the Grover Cemetery.
He was born Dec 11, 1876 at Hyde Park, Utah the oldest son of Edward W. Thurman and Lovina Griffeth Thurman.
When Ed was a small boy not quite 11 years old he and his father came to Star Valley, arriving in the spring of 1887 the fourth family to stake their claim in what is now Grover. Ed well remembered helping his father plow the furrow around their land to mark the boundary lines. During that first summer he and his father lived in a wagon box near the place where Ray M. Thurman's house now stands. They got the logs out and built a two room log cabin for the family who came later.
Every detail of the history of Grover was vividly remembered by Ed. He tell how three big men, James Jensen, John C. Phillips and Olie Jensen came to see his father about the townsite. His father promised to give forth acres of his land for a town. May 2, 1888 a branch of the church was organized here. Ed not only remembered them building the first log church but helped with it. It was during that same year that the canal was surveyed and eight miles of it dug with Ed's help. Ed also attended the first school in Grover which was taught by William Cazier.
Ed's entire life was spent in Grover with the exception of about four years which was spent carrying mail from Mt. Home to Rocky Bar in Idaho, It was then that he met his future wife, Mary Anna Johnson, whom he married Nov 1, 1899 at Pine Idaho.
Ed had a great deal of civic pride. He wanted Grover to be a desirable place to live. He had a hand in its growth fromthe beginning and he wanted the town scontinue to develop. If he saw antthing that was undesirable or an eyesore to the town he was not afraid to tell people about it.
Those who enjoy the luxury of turning a tap of water can thank Ed Thurman for making that possible. The older men of the town had laid a wooden pipe line in 1903 with two public troughs for use of the town. This was used for 12 to 14 years. In 1916 with Ed as the booster they began talking of water in galvanized pipes. It took a lot of talking and planning but by the summer of 1919 they succeeded in building the water house and laying the pipe down the center street. Ed was president and main pusher for the propect. He realized they did not have enough water for future use and never let them rest until more springs were filed on. It was not until March 8, 1943 that Ed succeeded in getting the patent for all the water proved upon and the water made safe, and sure for the town of Grover.
Ed loved sports of all kinds. There was never a ball game, pulling match or horse race that he wasn't there. Ed and Joe Hepworth directed all of the early athletics activity of the young people of Grover.
His soul responded to beauth of all kinds. He loved the beauth of the mountains, the pines and especially admired a well kept lot.
Suvivors include four sons, and five daughters; Delora Brown of Namp, Idaho; Dlgin Stinson Portland, Ore.; Elmer Thurman, Blackfoot, Idaho; Melvin Thurman Grover; Norma Ward, Kaysville, Utah; Eva Draney, Kaysville, Utah; Dean Thurman, Shelley, Idaho; Sybil Keefer Oakland Calif; Milton Thurman, Blackfoot, Idaho. Also 34 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren, five sisters and four brothers mourn his death.

Thurman, Edward Clarence (20 Mar 1957) (1-2)Star Valley Independent

Edward Clarence THURMAN is the son of Edward Moroni THURMAN and Lovina Samentha GRIFFETH
Edward Clarence THURMAN married Mary Anna JOHNSON 12 Nov 1899 in Pine, Elmore, Id