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Doris Reta Allard Thayer

Birth	:	14 Oct 1922 Ontario, Canada
Death	:	24 Oct 1995 Ontario, Canada
Burial	:	Pine Grove Cemetery, Sault Sainte Marie, Algoma District, Canada
Coordinate	:	46.5895195, -84.2800903
Plot	:	Cem PG, Range L, Lot 1W, Grave 2, Interment 1
Description	:	Parents: John Finley and Retta Jannet (McMartin) Allard. Wife of Cyril Willard Thayer. Doris grew up on a farm in Korah Township. During the Depression years, Doris recalled having just one sweater and skirt to wear to school and every evening her mother, Retta, would wash the sweater and lay it to dry on a large floor register so it would be ready for the next day. Doris completed Grade 8 before returning to work at the farm full-time with her parents. As a young woman, Doris spent a brief period in Toronto living with relatives and taking secretarial training.... Read More	Parents: John Finley and Retta Jannet (McMartin) Allard. Wife of Cyril Willard Thayer. Doris grew up on a farm in Korah Township. During the Depression years, Doris recalled having just one sweater and skirt to wear to school and every evening her mother, Retta, would wash the sweater and lay it to dry on a large floor register so it would be ready for the next day. Doris completed Grade 8 before returning to work at the farm full-time with her parents. As a young woman, Doris spent a brief period in Toronto living with relatives and taking secretarial training. Doris met Cy when she returned to the Soo and became secretary for Willard Isaiah Thayer at Thayer Lumber Co. Ltd (aka The Mill) in the mid-1940s. Doris was an army volunteer in the Soo during WWII. After their marriage, Cy and Doris lived in an apartment on the upper floor of a house on Albert Street along with their first son, Michael David. They soon built a home which came to house all seven members of the family. Cy and Doris purchased a lot with a small building beside Goulais Bay in the early 1950s. With help from others, they built a two-storey camp that stands today. It was sold to a minister and his wife from the United States after Doris and Cy died.Over the years, Cy completed the Dale Carnegie course and joined several organizations such as the Masons, the International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F), the Chamber of Commerce, the Lyons Club, etc., however, he was a staunch supporter of the Red Cross Society. He would do what he could, even building cupboards and shelves for the Cancer Society Office in his trademark yellow arborite material. He drove around the Soo for years in a half-ton truck with two large red crosses at each end of the cab rear window. The sides of the truck were emblazoned with that year's chosen slogan. Meanwhile, Doris was a full-time homemaker with five children to look after. About 1963, she began to work outside the home as a sales clerk at Simpsons Sears, at the corner of Queen and Elgin Streets, until she retired from Sears Canada about 1975. The Thayer family moved from the original home in 1969. In 1988, after their children had moved on, Doris and Cy built a new, smaller home for themselves around the corner from Thayer Lumber. The above biographical information was provided by Deborah Thayer.

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Doris Reta Allard Thayer's memorial is located at: Pine Grove Cemetery, Sault Sainte Marie, Algoma District, Canada.
When did Doris Reta Allard Thayer death?
Doris Reta Allard Thayer death on 24 Oct 1995 in Ontario, Canada
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Latitude: 46.5895195
Longitude: -84.2800903

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(1910 - 1998)

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