When Oren Felix Thayer was born on 8 October 1916, in Currie, Murray, Minnesota, United States, his father, Oren Louis Thayer, was 27 and his mother, Cecilia Emily Brust, was 22. He had at least 1 son with Rosemary Veronica Kloss. He lived in United States in 1949 and Crystal, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 9 November 1975, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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