Kenneth E. Thayer

THAYER

Posted By: Transcriber2
Date: 12/20/2002 at 23:42:13

Published Friday
December 20, 2002
The Daily Nonpareil

Kenneth E. Thayer

Kenneth E. Thayer, 73, of Council Bluffs died Dec. 20 at his home.

He was born in rural Oakland and lived in Council Bluffs since 1972. He graduated from Oakland High School and served in the Korean War in the U.S. Army.

He delivered for Morphy Drug, Garritt & Guill and retired from the Council Bluffs school system in 1992. He was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church, the Eagles Lodge and Rainbow Post No. 2 of the American Legion.

Mr. Thayer and his wife, Ellen Gwinner (Faust), were married on Aug. 23, 1972.

Survivors in addition to his wife include a daughter, Marcia Flora and husband, Ken, of LaVista, Neb.; and a son, Steve and wife, Kim, of Council Bluffs; a stepson, David Gwinner and wife, Susi, of Creston; four grandchildren, four step grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and many friends.

Visitation with the family will be Sunday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Funeral will be Monday at 10 a.m. at the church with the Rev. Gary MacManus of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in State Center officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Washington Township with graveside military honors by Rainbow Post No. 2 American Legion.

Memorials may be offered to Our Savior's Lutheran Church or to the Visiting Nurses Hospice Association.