Sayre, Martin Luther

Passed: 1946-10-04

Age: 71

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1946-11-29

Information: Martin Luther Sayre was born near Evans, WV on March 27, 1875, the eldest son of the late Joseph Sayre and Caroline Elizabeth Hogsett Sayre, died suddenly October 4, 1946 at home 6715 Reynolds Street, East End, Pittsburgh, PA, of a heart attack.  Funeral services were conducted October 6, at 8 p.m. at the Wood Funeral Home by Rev. Joseph Morledge of the Sixth Presbyterian Church and interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery October 7 at 2:00 p.m. in Morgantown.  In early life he was converted and joined the home church at Otterbein near where he was born. He has been a member of the Sixth Presbyterian Church of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh since 1937 and had been an elder of that church for several years.  He was also a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge and the Encampment, was a graduate of Marshall College and a member of the 108 Engineering class of West Virginia University.  He at one time was associated with the Valley Bank of Ripley, WV in its beginning.  Afterward he was bookkeeper for the A. M. Carson Store Co., went to work for McClintic Marshall Construction Company (which is now Bethlehem Steel) in 1923 and was still with them at the time of his death.  He was married October 7, 1908 to Lois Cole of Morgantown, who survives him.  He is also survived by two sisters and one brother; namely Mrs. William King of Evans, WV and Mrs. Samuel Sayre of Cheshire, OH and Watson Russell Sayre of Pittsburgh.   (From handwritten obituary--Ada Ruth Sayre Collection)