

  <p>Sayre, Russell</p>
  <p>Passed: 1969-12-18</p>
  <p>Age: 79</p>


  <p>Source: Jackson Herald</p>

  <p>Death Notice: </p>

  <p>Obituary Date: 1970-01-09</p>
  <p>Information: RUSSELL SAYRE RITES ARE HELD AT EVANS - Services were held Thursday, December 20, at the Casto Funeral Home at Evans for Russell Sayre, 79, of Pocatello, Idaho, formerly of Evans, who died Dec. 18, having been stricken ill while attending a Rotary luncheon in Pocatello.  He was born on Dec. 22, 1890, at Evans, son of Joseph and Caroline Hogsett Sayre and on Sept. 19, 1917 was married to Louise Wilt of Evans.  He attended the Methodist Church and was a member of the Rotary Club, Pocatello.  A retired chief chemist with the Edgar Thomson Works at U.S. Steel Corp., Braddock, Pa., he was a member of the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, Pa., and founder and honorary member of the Pittsburgh Analytical Society.  In 1956, the year he retired from U. S. Steel, he moved from Pittsburgh to the family home at Evans where he lived for 11 years before moving to Pocatello to be near his daughter, Mrs. Chilton (Ruth) Phoenix of Pocatello.  Surviving in addition to the daughter include his widow, Mrs. Louise Sayre, Pocatello and a son, Robert L. Sayre, Wichita, Kan. and five grandchildren.     Additional infomation:  Rev. Basil Hensley officiated, burial in Otterbein Cemetery. Memorials to be made to Jackson County Library.</p>


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