Thayer, Caroline R. (Mrs. Starr), 1889-1989

THAYER, REINIGER

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Date: 2/26/2017 at 10:35:31

From the Sioux County Capital-Democrat, March 30, 1989:

Caroline Thayer

Caroline R. Thayer, an Orange City native, passed away Feb. 23 in Houston, Tex. Mrs. Thayer was born May 5, 1889. She was 99 years old at the time of her death. She had hardening of the arteries, leading to heart failure. She suffered about three weeks, not eating, just talking to loved ones.

She is laid to rest with the rest of the family in Houston, Tex.: her husband Starr Thayer, sons David Starr Thayer and Olin Edward Thayer and son-in-law, Raymond Barr. She is survived by a daughter, Jessie Ellen (Thayer) Barr.

[Her husband's obituary, posted separately, identifies her as Caroline Reiniger.]

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From the Rock Valley Bee, March 29, 1989: Letters to the Editor:

This is to inform you that Caroline R. Thayer, widow of Starr Thayer, passed on to Glory the 23rd of February in Houston, Texas at the age of 99 years. She suffered about a week and on the 22nd of February she was terribly ill. I was with her all night and all day the 23rd as she stopped fighting at 2:00 p.m.

She had a heart condition we were not aware of. The last three weeks she did not eat, just sleep and talk to the loved ones gone on before -- especially her mother, Mrs. O. G. Ruiniger[i.e., Reiniger], Sr. She is beside my dad; son, David Starr and Olin Edward and my husband, Raymond Barr.

Jessie Ellen Barr, daughter. We lost daddy (Starr Thayer) in 1959; David Starr Thayer in 1965; Olin Edward Thayer in 1982 and Raymond Barr (my husband) in 1988.