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Joseph Curtis Curryer was born on 7 November 1837 in Shelby County, Ohio.¹ He and Sarah Elizabeth Drake were married on 12 November 1863 in Ohio. He died on 22 June 1907, at age 69, in Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota.¹ He was buried in Memorial Cemetery, Hinckley, Pine, Minnesota.¹

Alva Byrd Curryer was born in August 1866 in Ohio.^1,2 He and Ella Fear Smith were married on 16 May 1888 in Garden City, Blue Earth, Minnesota.³ He died on 6 August 1932, at age ~66, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.¹ He was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery (124-L), Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.¹

Alva Byrd Curryer was a Farmer.³

John Hunt Curryer was born on 9 November 1873 in Man Rob City, Blue Earth, Minnesota.^1,2,3,4 He and Mertie Mae Graham were married about 1897.⁵ He died in 1944, at age ~71.¹ He was buried in Woodland Cemetery (Block 21, Section: Lot: 00075), Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.¹

John Hunt Curryer was a Printer.^6,7 Prisoner in the WWl Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Alanson Messer Curryer was born on 20 December 1881 in Minnesota.^1,2 He and Lydia Leona McKowan were married on 29 November 1904 in Ramsey County, Minnesota.³ He died on 21 September 1943, at age 61, in Los Angeles County, California.¹ He was buried in Woodland Cemetery (Block 21, Section: Lot: 00075), Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.¹

Ella Fear Smith was born in 1864 in Minnesota.^1,2 She and Alva Byrd Curryer were married on 16 May 1888 in Garden City, Blue Earth, Minnesota.² She died on 1 January 1956, at age ~92, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.¹ She was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery (124-L), Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.¹

Mertie Mae Graham was born on 23 November 1875 in Minnesota.^1,2 She and John Hunt Curryer were married about 1897.³ She died on 15 July 1966, at age 90.¹ She was buried in Woodland Cemetery (Block 21, Section: Lot: 00075), Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.¹

Lydia Leona McKowan was born in 1881 in Iowa.^1,2 She and Alanson Messer Curryer were married on 29 November 1904 in Ramsey County, Minnesota.³ She died in 1930, at age ~49.¹ She was buried in Woodland Cemetery (Block 21, Section: Lot: 00075), Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.¹

Alanson Messer Curryer was born on 4 August 1909 in Washington.^1,2 He died on 19 May 1952, at age 42, in Colusa County, California.¹ He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Tehama, California.¹¹

Phoebe Curryer was born on 18 October 1889 in Lake Crystal, Blue Earth, Minnesota.^1,2 She and Royal (Roy) Anzly Cutler were married on 17 May 1913 in Orchard Prairie, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.³ She died on 14 March 1985, at age 95, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.^2,4 She was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.²

William Byrd Curryer was born on 27 August 1893 in Lake Crystal, Blue Earth, Minnesota.^1,2 He died on 4 November 1977, at age 84, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.² He was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.²

Sarah Elizabeth Curryer was born on 4 September 1895 in Danube, Renville, Minnesota.¹ She died in 1939, at age ~44, in Alameda County, California.

Clayton Charles Curryer was born on 25 September 1899 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.^1,2 He and Helen E. Curtis were married on 3 October 1934 in Buckeye, Spokane, Washington. He died on 19 November 1981, at age 82, in Star, Ada, Idaho.² He was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.²

Clayton Charles Curryer was a Dairy Farmer /Road Widening Laborer.^3,4

Lydia Mertle Curryer was born on 11 January 1904 in Orchard Prairie, Spokaney, Washington.^1,2,3 She died on 18 March 1987, at age 83, in San Diego County, California.^2,4 She was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.²

Ralph Alva Curryer was born on 7 May 1908 in Washington.^1,2 He and Naomi Agnes Neiswender were married on 13 July 1932 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington. He died on 17 August 1978, at age 70, in Spokane County, Washington.² He was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery (Plot 142-M), Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.²

Edna Dora Fleming was born in July 1894 in Hitchcock, Nebraska.^1,2 She died on 26 August 1966, at age 72, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.² She was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.²

Evelyn May Curryer was born on 21 December 1917 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.^1,2 She and Charles Henry Chamberlin were married in Spokane, Spokane, Washington. She and Alden D. Thayer were married on 11 August 1974 in Moses Lake, Grant, Washington.³ She died on 13 September 2003, at age 85, in McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon.^3,2 She was buried in Pioneer Memorial Gardens, Moses Lake, Grant, Washington.²

Evelyn May Curryer was a Teacher.³ From the News Register Newspaper (Oregon)

Evelyn May Thayer

Published: September 16, 2003

A funeral for Evelyn May Thayer of McMinnville was held this morning in the McMinnville First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Jack Chan officiating.

A memorial service for Mrs. Thayer will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the First Presbyterian Church in Moses Lake, Wash. Interment will be in Pioneer Memorial Garden, Moses Lake.

Mrs. Thayer died Sept. 13, 2003, in Willamette Valley Medical Center, McMinnville. She was 85.

She was born Dec. 21, 1917, in Spokane, Wash., the daughter of William Byrd and Edna Dora Fleming Curryer. She was raised and educated in Orchard Prairie, Wash. She graduated from John Rogers High School in 1936 and received a teaching certificate from Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, Wash., in 1940. She worked as an elementary school teacher in Edwall, Wash.

She and Charles Henry Chamberlin were married in Spokane.

After marrying, the couple moved to Moses Lake, Wash., where both worked as teachers. In June, 1943, they moved to Hobbs, N.M., where her husband was in the Army Air Forces band. They moved back to Moses Lake after World War II. She taught in Central School and later in Peninsula School from 1952 to 1978, then retired.

Mrs. Thayer was very interested in helping children learn to read. She gave statewide workshops on the WORD reading program, and worked with and trained student teachers in her classrooms.

She was preceded in death by her first husband in 1967.

She and Alden D. Thayer were married Aug. 11, 1974, in Moses Lake. He died in 1993.

She had lived in McMinnville since 1998. She belonged to Delta Kappa Gamma, an honor society for women in education, and to PEO. She participated in church activities, including choir, teaching and supervising church school programs and women's organizations. She also had served as a deacon.

Mrs. Thayer loved spending time with her family. She had always been interested in teaching the young and their teachers. She also enjoyed music, sewing, gardening and helping others.

Survivors include a daughter, Camille Kumnick of McMinnville; a son, William Chamberlin of Gainesville, Fla.; a brother, Harold Curryer of Spokane; two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

She also was preceded in death by a sister, Flora B. Davis.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Moses Lake First Presbyterian Church Building Fund or the Willamette Valley Cancer Foundation in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.

Harold Byrd Curryer was born on 19 February 1920 in Washington.¹ He and Kathleen Jane Madsen were married between 1941 and 1945. He and Edna D. Mills were married on 6 March 1954 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington. He died on 20 December 2012, at age 92, in Spokane County, Washington. He was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.

CURRYER, Harold Byrd (Age 92) Passed away at his home on December 20, 2012 after a long and very interesting life. He was born to Edna Dora and William Byrd Curryer on February 19th, 1920.

His early years were spent on Orchard Prairie, attending the one room school and helping on the farm. He loved to build things and fix things. But mostly, he loved to tear things apart to see how they worked. He graduated from Rogers High School in 1939 where he was active in track, drama and music. He joined the Army Air Force pre Pearl Harbor in 1941, having been recruited by his Chaplin uncle to sing in the Chapel Choir. There he met, and later married, Kathleen Madsen, a talented singer in her own right. During WWII he was stationed at Nome, AK as a Cryptographer and Teletype Operator. Then, during the Korean War, he was a Radio Repairman in the Navy giving him eight years of service to his country.

He and Kathleen had two children, Clyde and Roxanne. Tragically, his wife and son were killed in a car accident in July of 1952. In 1954 he married Edna Dorothy Clevett (Mills) and she would be his wife and helpmate for 57 years. He adopted Edna's daughter, Kathy and they then had two more sons, Alan and Stephen.

His whole working life was spent repairing or building or inventing various types of electronics including radio, TV and electric organs. His greatest work was as a builder and tuner of pipe organs, including the one he installed in his own home. He and Edna traveled all over the west for many years servicing churches, big and small. He loved hunting, fishing, traveling with Edna, gardening and most of all, music. He whistled everywhere he went and had a song for any occasion. His last great adventure was to go on the Honor Flight from Spokane to Washington, DC on November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. We, his family and friends, loved his quick mind and wit, his unfailing curiosity and his overall enthusiasm for life. He taught us all many things and he will be greatly missed.

He was preceded in death by his wife Edna and his sisters Evelyn Thayer and Flora Davis.

He is survived by his children Roxanne (Neal) Powell, Kathryn (Tom) Cockrell, Alan (Melissa) Curryer, and Stephen (Kathryn) Curryer, nine grandchildren, six great- grandchildren, three nieces and one nephew.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 29th at 10:00AM at Hazen and Jaeger Valley, 1306 N. Pines Road, Spokane Valley, WA 99206. Interment will follow with military honors at Orchard Prairie Cemetery.

Flora B. Curryer was born about 1922 in Washiington.¹ She died before 13 September 2003.²

Royal (Roy) Anzly Cutler was born on 8 July 1889 in Sumpter, McLeaod, Minnesota.^1,2,3 He and Phoebe Curryer were married on 17 May 1913 in Orchard Prairie, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.⁴ He died on 16 March 1969, at age 79, in Spokane County, Washington.¹ He was buried in Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Hillyard, Spokane, Washington.¹

Royal (Roy) Anzly Cutler was a Farmer.⁴

Royal Anzly Cutler, Jr., was born on 10 March 1918 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.^2,1,3 He and Mary (Davey) Elizabeth Lockwood Davis were married about 1944.⁴ He died on 15 January 2013, at age 94, in Delmar, Albany, New York.^2,3 He was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Delmar, Albany, New York.²

Royal Anzly Cutler, Jr., was educated in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Masters/ PHD.⁴ He was a Research Chemist in Sterliing-Winthrop Company.⁴ Obituary from The Record, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, Jan. 17, 2013:

Royal A. Cutler, Jr. DELMAR - Dr. Royal A. Cutler, Jr., 94, of Delmar, passed peacefully into the loving presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 15, 2013. Born in Spokane, Washington, he attended Whitman College in Walla Walla and moved to Troy to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (M.S, Ph.D.). Dr. Cutler was employed for 39 years at Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute in Rensselaer. As a research chemist, he authored a number of scientific journal articles and registered 35 patents. For 26 years, he lived in West Sand Lake, where he raised his family in the dream house he built for them. During this season of his life, he served on the Averill Park School Board for 11 years, including 3 as president. When he was in his 50s, Dr. Cutler realized that despite a full life, something was missing. That "something" was a personal relationship with Jesus Christ which transformed his life, as well as that of his family. During this time, he served Emmanuel Christian Church in a number of leadership roles. He was also an advisor to Albany Women's Aglow and assisted his wife in writing her inspirational autobiography. Most recently, he was actively involved in Delmar Full Gospel Church. Royal will be remembered as a cheerful, friendly man who loved the Lord, his family, and all people. With a servant's heart, he enjoyed opportunities to help others, whether with carpentry skills, offering produce from his garden, or listening to and praying for others. He touched numerous lives during his life journey and will be missed by many. He is survived by his beloved wife of 69 years Mary ("Davey") Davis Cutler; children Laurie (Tom) Knecht, Royal (Mary) Cutler, III, Karen (Rick) Peterson; beloved grandchildren (5) and great grandchildren (5); siblings Virginia Massey, Maynard Cutler, and Byrdella Eisenbarth. He is predeceased by parents Phoebe Curryer Cutler and Royal A. Cutler, Sr., and sisters Alice Cutler and Lucile Taylor. A Celebration Service will be held on Saturday, January19 at 10:00 a.m. at Delmar Full Gospel Church in Delmar. Friends are invited to call on the family at the church, starting at 8:30 a.m. Interment will take place at Bethlehem Cemetery in Delmar, N.Y. Those who wish may send memorial contributions to Delmar Full Gospel Church, 282 Elsmere Ave., Delmar, NY 12054.