Sayre, Francis Wayne

Passed: 2010-03-24

Age: 95

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Death Notice: 2010-03-26

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Information: Francis Wayne Sayre, 95, of Vienna, passed away at this residence on March 24, 2010.  He was born March 22, 1915 in Evans, W. Va., a son of the late Benjamin Franklin Sayre Sr. and Ruth Elizabeth Sayre King. He graduated from Union High School in Cottageville and Mountain State Business College.  He had worked for Penn Metal Company before founding and operating Wayne Sayre Metal Sales for many years.  Wayne had served on Vienna City Council under Mayor Curtis Uhl.  He was a member of the Vienna EUB (St. John's) and later joined First Lutheran Church, where he was a member for forty years.  Wayne had served as president of the church council, was the first layperson elected as vice president of the West Virginia Western MD Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.      Wayne is survived by his daughters, Karen Faye Kehrli and husband, Wayne of Bradenton, Fla., Diane Lee Bower and husband, David of Washington, W. Va.; grandchildren, Steven Wayne Kehrli and wife Stephanie of Seattle, Wash., Anne Elizabeth Novakoski and husband, Jeffrey of Erie, Pa., Melinda Lee Bower and fiance Peter Mueller of Cincinnati, Michael Glenn Bower and wife Natasha of Raleigh, N. C., Molly Ann Balsley and husband, Lucas of Fairfax, Va.; great-grandchildren, Calvin Alexander Kehrli and Nolan Grant Kehrli, both of Seattle, Jackson Glenn Bower of Raleigh, N. C.; and his caregivers, Myrtle and Paul Martinelli and Becky Roton as well as Mary Dakesian and the other caregivers of Comfort Keepers.       In addition to his parents, Wayne was preceded in death by his wife, Faye Elizabeth Starcher Sayre; brothers, Carroll Eugene Sayre, Benjamin Franklin ""Frank"" Sayre Jr., and infant brother, Paul Kester Sayre.  A celebration of his life and faith will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Lutheran Church in Parkersburg with Bishop Alexander Black, Rev. Roger M. Harms and Stan Goldman participating in the service.  Burial will be at Sunset Memory Gardens.  The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg.  The family requests that those wishing to express condolences do so by making memorial contributions to the Salvation Army Fund through the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation, P. O. Box 1762, Parkersburg 26102 or the First Lutheran Church, 19th St., Parkersburg.