Annette Todd Thayer

F, (1921 - 20 June 2001)
     Annette Todd Thayer was born in 1921 at Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Garland Todd Thayer Jr. and Clara Frances Shaver. Annette Todd Thayer married Herbert Margerum West in 1944. Annette Todd Thayer died on 20 June 2001 at Waveny Care Center, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, at age 80 years.
     From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Anna Lutz, comp., 'Annette Thayer West,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 8 (June 2001), pp. 19 - 20.

ANNETTE THAYER WEST

Annette 'Ann' Thayer West ---- New Canaan, Conn. died on June 20, 2001, at the Waveny Care Center after a long illness. She was 80 years old and had been a resident of New Canaan since 1954.

She was born in Charleston, W. Va., where her family played an important role in the steel industry and in the development of the Kanawha Valley. She was a daughter of Garland Todd Thayer, Jr and granddaughter of G. T. Thayer and Gertrude Venable Thayer. She graduated from Ashley Hall in Charleston, S. C.

Mrs. West was a member of the Colonial Dames and the National Society - Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede, being 32nd in the right of descendency from baron William d'Albini, knight of Magna Charta legend. She was an original member of both the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan and the New Canaan Field Club, and was also member of the country Club of New Canaan. Her passions were her family and gardening.

She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Herbert M. West, and by two daughters, Annette Thayer West of Salisbury, Conn., and Eleanor Pratt West of New Canaan. She is also survived by two sons, Herbert Thayer West and Christopher Zeph West, both of New Canaan; and by eight grandchildren. Additionally, she is survived by a brother, G. T. Thayer III of Old Lyme, Conn.

Arrangements have been made through the Hoyt Funeral Home. Services will be private. Memorial remembrances may be made to Waveny Care Center.

The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, Friday, June 22, 2001.
Last Edited=20 Aug 2010