Lee Ray Thurber

1932 - 2007  (75 years)

• Name	Lee Ray Thurber
  Born	15 Jul 1932	Fairfield, Camas County, Idaho
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Fairfield, Camas County, Idaho   [1]
  Died	21 Dec 2007	Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois   [2]
  Buried	Grandview Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Champaign County, Illinois   [3]
  Person ID	I443128	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Albert Heber Thurber,   b. 3 Feb 1914, Idaho ,   d. 16 Jan 2000  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Edyth May Chandler,   b. 2 May 1914, Washington ,   d. 7 May 1956, Camas County, Idaho  (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F177840	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Marilyn Irene Lewis,   b. 26 Dec 1932,   d. 16 Aug 2003  (Age 70 years)
  Married	11 Jun 1960	Salt Lake City, Utah
  Children	1. Mark Thurber   2. Kevin Thurber
  Family ID	F177844	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 11 Jun 1960 - Salt Lake City, Utah  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Leray R Thurber Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Fairfield, Fairfield Election Precinct, Camas, Idaho, United States Sex: Male Age: 7 Marital Status: Single Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Relationship to Head of Household: Son Birthplace: Idaho Birth Year (Estimated): 1933 Last Place of Residence: Same House Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Albert H Thurber Head Male 26 Idaho Edith M Thurber Wife Female 25 Washington Leray R Thurber Son Male 7 Idaho Donald L Thurber Son Male 5 Idaho [S142] Newspaper Article, The News Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL), 29 Dec 2007. Lee Ray Thurber, age 75, of Champaign passed away at 9:42 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2007, at his home. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, at Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign. The Rev. Wesley Wilkey will officiate. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2007, at Morgan Memorial Home, 1304 Regency Drive West, Savoy. Mr. Thurber was born July 15, 1932, in Fairfield, Idaho, a son of Albert H. and Edith Chandler Thurber. He married Marilyn Irene Lewis on June 11, 1960, in Salt Lake City. She preceded him in death Aug. 16, 2003. Survivors include two sons, Mark Thurber of Sadorus and Kevin Thurber of Seattle, Wash.; two grandchildren, Cory Thurber and Shannon Thurber, both of Sadorus; and one brother, Don Thurber of Vale, Ore. Mr. Thurber served in the U.S. Army from September 1953 to September 1955 and worked as a civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Thurber was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign and a life master of the American Contract Bridge League for many years. He was an avid reader and enjoyed singing in the church choir. Memorial contributions may be made to benefit Parkinson's research through Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, or to Faith United Methodist Church. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 23707727).