Harry Thye
Harry Thye, 86, Hillsboro, died June 7, 2004, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita.
Born Aug. 13, 1917, near Hillsboro, he was the son of George and Marie (Mohlman) Thye. On Aug. 25, 1942, he married Josephine Groening in Hillsboro. She survives.
He was a city mail carrier for 33 years and member of Hillsboro United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Rudy Thye, and sisters, Mathilda Hauck, Elizabeth Christensen, and Edna Forrest.
Survivors include his wife, Josephine of Hillsboro; son, Larry of Hot Springs, Ark.; daughters, Connie Burnham of English, Ind., and Judy Pelot of Leesburg, Fla.; brother, George Thye of McPherson; two sisters, Martha Schroeder of Hillsboro and Janet Keazer of Marion; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services were held Friday morning at Hillsboro United Methodist Church with the Rev. R. Laney Kuhn officiating.
Burial was in Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Cemetery.
A memorial has been established at Hillsboro United Methodist Church.
