Harry Thayer
Nov. 10, 1877-Sept. 8, 1955
Niles Daily Star, Friday, September 9, 1955, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Harry Thayer, 77, of the Morris Hotel, Niles, died Thursday night. His body was found in the hotel room. He had been in poor health for some time. Thayer was born Nov. 10, 1877, in Niles and was a member of the Eagles Lodge here. The body is at the Pifer Funeral Home where arrangements are incomplete.
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, September 10, 1955, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
THAYER RITES SET
Funeral services will be held at 2 p..m Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home here for Harry Thayer, 77, of Morris Hotel, Niles, who died Thursday night following an extended illness. The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Thayer was a retired employe of the Kawneer Company here. His only known relative is a cousin, Mrs. George Andrus, of Edwardsburg. Memorial rites will be conducted at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home by the Eagles Lodge, of which he was a member.