Veteran School Teacher Passed Away This Morning
Malden Evening New
Page 2 Column 5
March 30, 1912
Miss Mary G. Thayer, for 30 years a teacher in
the public schools of this city, passed away this morning at her home 49
Tremont St, after a week’s illness of laryngitis. The greater part of her service was at the
Greenwood School, where she taught the second grade. Miss Thayer was born in Saugus and was the
daughter of George A. and Rachel E. Thayer. She was educated in her home town
and graduated from the Salem Normal School 1882, coming immediately to
Malden. She taught for a time in the Old
Linden School. Miss Thayer was a member
of the Malden Teachers’ assn. and is survived by a sister, Miss Ella Cheever Thayer
of Boston. Miss Thayer was last at her
desk a week ago yesterday and her death was a great shock to her friends. She had resided about five years.
Funeral of Miss Thayer
Malden Evening News
Page 2 Column 5
March 31, 1912
Funeral of Miss Thayer
Miss Mary G. Thayer, for nearly a generation, a
much beloved teacher at the Greenwood School was laid to rest Monday afternoon
at Saugus. The funeral services were
conducted at her late home 49 Tremont St. at two O’clock by REV H.H. French
D.D., Pastor of the First Congregational Church and the house was filled with
relatives and friends. At the close of
the Eulogy REV Dr. French Read Tennyson’s
“Crossing the Bar.”
Out of Respect for the deceased the flags on all
the public buildings were half-mast and the Greenwood School was closed during
the afternoon.
There was a large number of beautiful floral
tributes. Including a spread of
Carnations from the children of the second and third grades of the Greenwood
School which she taught.
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