1938 Elizabeth Louise Thayer 1919-2008

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1938 Elizabeth Louise Thayer (89
Elizabeth Louise (Thayer) Draper
Davis Enterprise, CA July 12, 2008
July 2, 1919-June 22, 2008 | | July 12, 2008 18:53 Elizabeth (Betty,
Liz) Thayer Draper passed away in her home on June 22, 2008, after
nine years of declining health due to dementia and strokes. She was
born July 2, 1919, in Salem, Ore., one of three children born to
Darwin Greene Thayer and Elizabeth Thurman Lewis Thayer. Liz spent her
early years in Corvallis, Ore., Mill Valley and Pacific Grove, where
she met and married her husband, John Edwin Draper. They raised five
children in Elk Grove, Gridley and Davis, where they settled in 1952.
They moved to Santa Rosa in 1989, several years after the nest was
emptied. Besides being an excellent mother and homemaker, Liz worked
as a lab technician and a medical assistant. Her hobbies were
backpacking, bicycling, gardening, silkscreen and other arts,
woodworking/refinishing and sewing, especially quilting. She was very
active in peace and social justice issues throughout her life,
including blockading a train carrying armaments bound for Vietnam. Liz
was preceded in death by her parents, siblings, husband and
granddaughter Patty. She will be missed by her children Jim, Richard,
Phyllis, Caroline and Paul, their partners, eight grandchildren, five
great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews, cousins and family
friends. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July
19, at a friend's house, 684 Benicia Drive, Santa Rosa. Another
memorial gathering will be held in Davis at a future date. For more
information, call Caroline at (707) 433-1043. In lieu of flowers, the
family suggests that donations be made to Memorial Hospice, 821
Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401 or American Friends Service
Committee, AFSC.org or 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA on 7/13/2008
DRAPER, Elizabeth Thayer Passed away in her home on June 22, 2008,
after nine years of declining health due to dementia and strokes. She
was born July 21, 1919, in Salem, OR, one of three children born to
Darwin Greene Thayer and Elizabeth Thurman Lewis Thayer. Liz spent her
early years in Corvallis OR, Mill Valley, and Pacific Grove where she
met and married her husband John Edwin Draper. They raised five
children in Elk Grove, Gridley and Davis, where they settled in 1952.
They moved to Santa Rosa in 1989, several years after their nest was
emptied. Besides being an excellent mother and homemaker, Liz worked
as a lab technician and a medical assistant. Her hobbies were
backpacking, bicycling, gardening, silkscreen and other arts,
woodworking/refinishing and sewing, especially quilting. She was very
active in peace and social justice issues throughout her life,
including blockading a train carrying armaments for Vietnam. Liz was
preceded in death by her parents, siblings, her husband and grand
daughter, Patty. She will be missed by her children, Jim, Richard,
Phyllis, Caroline and Paul, their partners; eight grandchildren; five
great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, cousins and family
friends. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday July
19 at Friends House, 684 Benicia Drive, Santa Rosa. In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to Memorial
Hospice, Santa Rosa or American Friends Service Committee, AFSC.org or
1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102.