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Surnames: Sayre
Classification: Query
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Hi Wendy,
I don't have access to the obit but I do have a suggestion to aid you in your
search. Since he died after 1930 and was living in white County, you should also check
the death records in Tippecanoe Co. In my research for the Brookston Cemetery, I have
found many people who physically died in White County but their actual death record is
recorded in Tippecanoe Co. because that is where the hospital/ coroner is located and the
only place where they could be pronounced dead. If he is not there in Tippecanoe Co.
check the surrounding counties. Did he die in a nursing home or at his residence? Do
you know?
There was a newspaper obit reference to someone who could be his wife, in the Lafayette
Journal & Courrier. This probably doesn't help you find him, but it might tell you
what funeral home they used. The same funeral home was probably used for him.
Sayres, Mrs. Levi d - 26 Feb 1923
http://www.rootsweb.com/~intippec/JC_sa.html
You might also check with the local funeral homes. They kept records and should have a
record of when he died and where he was buried. Here are the funeral homes I know
about--there are probably more
Thompson Funeral Home, 1935-1965
Hartzler Funeral Homer, 1965-2003
Hartzler-Clapper, 2003-current
if you want the Thompson Funeral records you need to contact Marc Clapper, who currently
has these records.
You might also check with the Genealogical Society to see if they know about any other
funeral homes in the area. If all else fails use the phone book and call all them.
Someone had to bury your ancestor.
If he was the last of his family line, then he may not have an obit. But if he died,
obits for the Monticello Herald are located in the Monticello Library. They are not
indexed so you would have to know the exact date he died and then look for the issue after
it for a few days. I am not local or I would look it up for you. The library won't
do look ups however, so you will need to find someone to go there for you.
You might also check with the Indiana State Library and see if his death was recorded at
the state level. He died late enough that it might.
FYI--Levi's son, Ralph H. Sayre is buried in the Brookston IOOF Cemetery, as well as
three of Ralph's children. I don't have any record of Levi being buried there
though.
Best of luck!