Orville Haley Thrasher, 63, of 916 Hibiscus St., Fontana, died Sunday in a Fontana hospital. A native of Oxford, Neb., he had lived in Fontana for 10 years and in California for 12 years.

He is survived by his wife, Vera; one son, Orville, Jr.; his father, Alfred Thrasher, Farnam, Neb.; three grandchildren, Janice Jean, Joan JoDell, and Janeyn Joy Thrasher; one brother, Robert Thrasher, Kearney, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Velma Blackwood, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Leila Gish, Herford, Ore.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ingold Chapel, Fontana, with Dr. Kenneth Berg, paster of the Temple Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Montecito Memorial Park.

The San Bernardino County Sun, Monday, May 18, 1953