DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, Florida
November 22, 2005

SEVILLE - Melvin Oren Thayer, 88, of Highway 17, who retired as a farmer in the dairy industry, died Saturday at Florida Hospital DeLand.

A native of Lyonsdale, N.Y., Mr. Thayer, an Army veteran, came here in 1974 from Lake Worth.
Survivors include a son, Robert, Lakeland; two daughters, Virginia Rodriguez, Daytona Beach, and Alberta Brevik, West Palm Beach; a sister, Dorothy Pettit, New York; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Clayton Frank & Biggs, Crescent City, is in charge.