Sayre, Minor

Passed: 1971-01-11

Age: 65

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1971-01-22

Information: DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT AKRON HOSPITAL - Minor Sayre, 65-year-old native of Evans and a retired employee of the Goodyear Company in Akron, Ohio, was dead on arrival at an Akron hospital on Monday of last week.  Survivors:  wife, Vivian Casto Sayre, formerly of Evans; daughters, Mrs. Joyce Hall of Stow, Ohio, Mrs. Imogene Coros of Los Angeles, Calif.; brother, Harold of Akron, Donald of Charlotte, N. C.; sisters, Mrs. Willard Joyner of Akron, Mrs. Virginia Stacks of Jacksonville, Fla.  Service was Friday at the Casto Funeral Home, Evans, with the Rev. Gerald Sayre and the Rev. Armor Sayre in charge.  Burial was in Otterbein Cemetery.   In memoriam-  Minor was born January 5, 1906, the son of Arthur and Ora Belle Postalwaite Sayre.  He was united in marriage to Vivian Casto in 1927.  To this union were born two daughters, Joyce of Stow, Ohio, and Imogene of Los Angeles, California, who presented him with three granddaughters of whom he was very proud.  Also surviving him are his brothers, Harold of Akron, Ohio, Donald of Charlotte, North Carolina; sisters, Mrs. Williard Joyner of Akron, Ohio and Mrs. Virginia Stacks of Jacksonville, Florida; stepbrother, Warren Balch, Point Pleasant, West Virginia; stepsisters, Mrs. Vesta Nichols of Leon, West Virginia, Mrs. Nellie Sayre and Mrs. Marie Fink of Columbus, Ohio and Mrs. Bonnie McDade of Dunedin, Florida.  Minor was born at the home of his grandparents who lived in the Cow Run section of Jackson County, West Virginia.  Part of his childhood was spent in this area, moving with his parents to Akron, Ohio in 1924.  He later moved to Tallmadge where he had lived for the past 30 years.  He retired from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, November 1, 1970 where he had been employed for 42 years.  He was a member of the Goodyear Hunting and Fishing Club, the Forresters Lodge, and the Goodyear's 25 Year Club.