Isabel C. Thier, 91, Adrian, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at Arnold Memorial Nursing Home in Adrian.
Services were Friday, Aug. 10, at St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian. The Rev. Gerald Kosse officiated. Burial was in the parish cemetery.
Isabel Ahlers was born to William and Rose (Haupert) Ahlers on March 16, 1910, in Granville, Iowa. She attended school in Granville.
She married Cyril A. Thier on Jan. 20, 1930, in Granville. After their marriage the couple farmed north of Adrian for two years before moving to the farm southeast of Adrian in 1932. In 1972 they retired and moved to Adrian. She became a resident of Arnold Memorial Nursing Home in December 1999. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Thier was a member of St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian, and the Christian Mothers. She enjoyed cooking, playing cards and bingo and her grandchildren.
Survivors include four sons and daughters-in-law, Richard (Dick) and Alice Thier, Bernard and Diane Thier, Don and Barb Thier, all of Rushmore, and Cyril Jr. and Bev Thier, Worthington; three daughters and sons-in-law, Virginia (Jean) and Bob Knips, Luverne, Eileen and Eugene Hokeness, Adrian, and Betty and Delbert Gonnerman, Grove City; 39 grandchildren; and 75 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Thier was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Cyril, on Dec. 14, 1995, an infant son, Gerald, in 1933, one son, Leo, and daughter-in-law, Joni, both in 1985, an infant daughter, Mary, in 1952, 11 brothers and four sisters.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.