Services for Edwin Thayer, 87, pioneer Choctaw farmer, will be at 2 pm Saturday in the Hahn Cook funeral chapel, with burial in the Spencer cemetery. He died at his home Friday after being in failing health for several months.

A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Thayer came to Oklahoma in 1889, homesteading on his farm eight miled east of Oklahoma City.

He is survived by his wife, Julia, to whom he was married 60 years; his son, Charlie Thayer, 701 Sooner road; and two daughters living in the city, Mrs Clyde Hammon, 723 SW 29; and Mrs Clifton Wenner, 1316 Harmon, Midwest City.

There are also four other daughters, Mrs Paul Ware, Clinton; Mrs John Dotson, Broken Arrow; Mrs Mamie Clifford, Lowell, Ark; and Mrs Anna Boggs, Los Angeles; 14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Daily Oklahoman, The 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
June 7, 1959

Mrs. Julia Thayer, 79, died Saturday in Capitol Hill general hospital after an extended illness. Services will be announced by Hahn-Cook funeral home.

Mrs. Thayer was a native of Nixa, Mo. but had lived in Oklahoma 60 years. She was a member of Soldier Creek home demonstration club.

Surviving are five daughters, Mamie Clifford, Lowell, Ark, Mrs. Paul Ware, Quinton; Mrs. Clyde Hammon, 854 SW 25; Mrs. Clifton Wenner, 441 SE 46, and Mrs. John Dotson, Tulsa; one son, Charlie Thayer, 701 Sooner road; a step-daughter, Mrs. Anna Boggs, of Paramount, Calif., 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.