She was an active member of the Harrison Ladies Community Club and the Methodist Church Evening Circle. She was also a member of the school board for Sioux County District 6 for 12 years. Mabel was a former member of the Rebecca Lodge and of the Five Points Project Club. She was Site Manager of the Harrison Senior Center from 1982 until she moved to Scottsbluff in February 1993. She worked as a secretary for the County Superintendent of Schools from 1965 to 1979.

Charles died in 1973 and Mabel moved to Harrison the following year. She married Charles Thayer, December 1, 1939.Ĭharles and Mabel made their home on the Thayer ranch northeast of Harrison, where they raised their five children while farming and ranching. She grew to womanhood in the Whitman, Wyoming area, graduating from high school at Lusk, Wyoming. Mabel was born Januto Chauncey and Addie (Hodge) Wolff in Crawford, Nebraska. Memorials may be sent to the Methodist Church in Harrison, or the First United Methodist Church in Scottsbluff. Visitation will be held on Tuesday March 11th from 2:00 until 7:00 pm. Graveside services and interment will be at the Harrison cemetery family plot in Harrison, NE at 2:00 PM on Wednesday. A Memorial service will be held on Wednesday, March 12, at 10:00 AM at the Residency Care Center Chapel area in Scottsbluff with Pastor Matthew Parker officiating. Thayer 88, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska died Sunday, Maat Regional West Medical Center.

The Tree House by Douglas Thayer