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Note: Thelma Mabel Bryarly Timm was born in Colorado April 17, 1900. Her family moved to Newport, Washington and she lived there and attneded school there until coming to Harrington in 1918. Thelma was sent to Harrington to help care for the children of her Aunt Hertha Brothers. Hertha had died in the Flu epidemic of 1918. While living in Harrington, she met Adolph Timm and they courted for a number of years before getting married in 1925.
Thelma was always a farmer's wife--raising chickens, a garden, flowers, crocheting and more. She took many pictures and even had a "stereo" camera that took pictures that could be placed in a disk and seen with a viewmaster and appeared to be three-dimensional.
Thelma lived out at the ranch, 2 miles south of Harrington until her death. She belonged to a couple of bridge clubs, the Rebeccas, the Grange, and was very active in the Community Church activities, including fund raising to build a new sanctuary. Ironically, her funeral was the first service held in the new church.
Thelma was diagnosed with leukemia in the 1940's or early 1950's. She kept her illness to herself, except for her daughter-in-law Glenna, who gave her injections when needed.
Thelma enthusiastically followed sports at the school, especially basketball, and regularly attended the State "B" Tournament. In the late 1950's, Thelma was the "car driver" and they had a pink Lincoln Continental. She was also very capable in business dealings of the farm. She kept a weather station for the area for a number of years.
Thelma came down with a cold in the middle of October 1961 which developed into pneumonia and she was hospitalized in Spokane. She died in the hospital after about 4 days on October 31, 1961. Her illness was complicated by the leukemia.
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