Eva Marie Lowe Thayer Obituary (1933

Let Us Pause to Honor the Memory of Mrs. Eva Marie Lowe Thayer Mrs. Eva Marie Lowe Thayer, age 79, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on October 15, 1933 in Sigorney, Iowa. She was the loving daughter of the late, Thomas Clayton and Sophia Duensing Lowe. She was raised in Sigorney and was a graduate of high school there. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Elmhurst College in Chicago. Eva was united in marriage on Sept. 21, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri to Rev. Donald Gray Thayer. This union was blessed with two sons and a daughter. Eva and Donald enjoyed forty years of marriage together until his death on Nov. 24, 1997. The family moved to Osgood, Indiana and Eva was employed with Ripley County Division of Family and Children in 1968. She retired as a social worker in 1998 after 30 years of service. The family moved to Madison in 1970 and had resided at Hereford Lake. Eva enjoyed the Worship services at the Point of Grace and the Rivervalley Community Church. She enjoyed painting, reading the Bible, her golden lab, Maddy, going to the ocean and the beach. She loved nature and watching and feeding the birds. She found great enjoyment sitting on her deck at home and looking out over Hereford Lake. Eva died Monday, June 3, 2013 at 8:45 a.m. at the Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. A LOVING FAMILY Eva will be missed by her loving daughter: Carolyn Bailey and her husband, Rick of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; her loving son: Douglas Thayer and his wife, Janice of Birdseye, Indiana; her loving sisters: Vernelda Yahn of Richmond, Iowa, Ilene Ansley of Newton, Iowa; her loving brothers: Jack Lowe of Amana, Iowa, Don Lowe, Arkansas; her adoring grandchildren: Cassandra, Emerson and Hailey; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Clayton and Sophia Duensing Lowe; her husband, Rev. Donald Gray Thayer died, Nov. 24, 1997; her son, Mark Andrew Thayer died, May 31, 1958; her sisters, Doris Crossett, Louise Young, & Jean Yates; her brothers, Bernard Lowe, Bert Lowe and Roy Lowe. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., by Pastor Adam Faulkner at the Point of Grace Family Praise Fellowship, 3304 North U.S. Highway 421 in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may call Family will gather and greet visitors on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Point of Grace Family Praise Fellowship, 3304 North U.S. 421 in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Autism. Cards are available at the funeral home and the Church. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Eva Marie Lowe Thayer, please click here to visit our sympathy store.