His place of burial is unknown, but is surely in Idaho. He is probably buried at Hailey Cemetery, Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho, but he may be buried at Mackay, Custer County, Idaho, where he operated a butcher shop. Several wooden grave markers in this Hailey Cemetery were burned in 1934, and his may have been destroyed then. His obituary in the Wood River Times of Hailey, Idaho, July 30, 1917, probably written by his brother Bernard Thamm who worked for that newspaper, states:
"John Thamm passed away at the family residence in this city about half past six o'clock last evening. His death was unexpected as his health has improved so markedly since he was brot from Wyoming that his family and friends
believed that he was going to pull thru. He had one of his bad spells when he felt acute pain at the base of the brain and spinal column yester- day afternoon. But it was less painful and shorter than those which preceded and he soon seemed fully as well as he had been at any time recently. At six o'clock he had another but lighter spell, his wife said, and he was then seen to be failing; speech being beyond his ability. He was conscious until his last breath.
"Decedent was born in Colorado Springs, Co. March 28 1882 and was the second of the four Thamm brothers the others being Gregory, the eldest of Wyoming, Bernard P. the newspaperman of Hailey, and Oscar E the assistant cashier of the Hailey National Bank. [There was a fifth brother, Lawrence Thamm, buried in this Hailey Cemetery.] He had three sisters, Mrs. Ida Bannister and Miss Emma Thamm of Hailey and Mrs. Frank Anthony of Mackay.
"His wife and son aged five years also survive him."
He and his wife Estella Thamm had only one child, John Joseph Ambrose Thamm. Note that his wife is not mentioned in this obituary, because she was not Catholic, and family members were opposed to John's marriage to her.
Bio by Ronald Decker
"John Thamm passed away at the family residence in this city about half past six o'clock last evening. His death was unexpected as his health has improved so markedly since he was brot from Wyoming that his family and friends
believed that he was going to pull thru. He had one of his bad spells when he felt acute pain at the base of the brain and spinal column yester- day afternoon. But it was less painful and shorter than those which preceded and he soon seemed fully as well as he had been at any time recently. At six o'clock he had another but lighter spell, his wife said, and he was then seen to be failing; speech being beyond his ability. He was conscious until his last breath.
"Decedent was born in Colorado Springs, Co. March 28 1882 and was the second of the four Thamm brothers the others being Gregory, the eldest of Wyoming, Bernard P. the newspaperman of Hailey, and Oscar E the assistant cashier of the Hailey National Bank. [There was a fifth brother, Lawrence Thamm, buried in this Hailey Cemetery.] He had three sisters, Mrs. Ida Bannister and Miss Emma Thamm of Hailey and Mrs. Frank Anthony of Mackay.
"His wife and son aged five years also survive him."
He and his wife Estella Thamm had only one child, John Joseph Ambrose Thamm. Note that his wife is not mentioned in this obituary, because she was not Catholic, and family members were opposed to John's marriage to her.
Bio by Ronald Decker
His place of burial is unknown, but is surely in Idaho. He is probably buried at Hailey Cemetery, Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho, but he may be buried at Mackay, Custer County, Idaho, where he operated a butcher shop. Several wooden grave markers in this Hailey Cemetery were burned in 1934, and his may have been destroyed then. His obituary in the Wood River Times of Hailey, Idaho, July 30, 1917, probably written by his brother Bernard Thamm who worked for that newspaper, states:
"John Thamm passed away at the family residence in this city about half past six o'clock last evening. His death was unexpected as his health has improved so markedly since he was brot from Wyoming that his family and friends
believed that he was going to pull thru. He had one of his bad spells when he felt acute pain at the base of the brain and spinal column yester- day afternoon. But it was less painful and shorter than those which preceded and he soon seemed fully as well as he had been at any time recently. At six o'clock he had another but lighter spell, his wife said, and he was then seen to be failing; speech being beyond his ability. He was conscious until his last breath.
"Decedent was born in Colorado Springs, Co. March 28 1882 and was the second of the four Thamm brothers the others being Gregory, the eldest of Wyoming, Bernard P. the newspaperman of Hailey, and Oscar E the assistant cashier of the Hailey National Bank. [There was a fifth brother, Lawrence Thamm, buried in this Hailey Cemetery.] He had three sisters, Mrs. Ida Bannister and Miss Emma Thamm of Hailey and Mrs. Frank Anthony of Mackay.
"His wife and son aged five years also survive him."
He and his wife Estella Thamm had only one child, John Joseph Ambrose Thamm. Note that his wife is not mentioned in this obituary, because she was not Catholic, and family members were opposed to John's marriage to her.
Bio by Ronald Decker
"John Thamm passed away at the family residence in this city about half past six o'clock last evening. His death was unexpected as his health has improved so markedly since he was brot from Wyoming that his family and friends
believed that he was going to pull thru. He had one of his bad spells when he felt acute pain at the base of the brain and spinal column yester- day afternoon. But it was less painful and shorter than those which preceded and he soon seemed fully as well as he had been at any time recently. At six o'clock he had another but lighter spell, his wife said, and he was then seen to be failing; speech being beyond his ability. He was conscious until his last breath.
"Decedent was born in Colorado Springs, Co. March 28 1882 and was the second of the four Thamm brothers the others being Gregory, the eldest of Wyoming, Bernard P. the newspaperman of Hailey, and Oscar E the assistant cashier of the Hailey National Bank. [There was a fifth brother, Lawrence Thamm, buried in this Hailey Cemetery.] He had three sisters, Mrs. Ida Bannister and Miss Emma Thamm of Hailey and Mrs. Frank Anthony of Mackay.
"His wife and son aged five years also survive him."
He and his wife Estella Thamm had only one child, John Joseph Ambrose Thamm. Note that his wife is not mentioned in this obituary, because she was not Catholic, and family members were opposed to John's marriage to her.
Bio by Ronald Decker
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