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Author: mimijudy1944
Surnames: Levi Sayre
Classification: death
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My name is Judy my grandma Maude Hilt was married to Ralph Sayre,I can tell you all Ralphs
kids are now deceased.Some of his grandkids are alive like Shirley Beck lives in phoenix
Linda Buck lives in Lafayette the rest have moved on an 3 have died in last 4 yrs.An Ralph
did not comitte sucside frank hilt my grand father murdered him in his own home in front
of Ralphs kids.I even googled the article that said he shot himself,but his grand daughter
Shirleys dad Jimmy was 8 yrs old an was seeing it happen an was told never to tell he was
scared as a child an didn't tell till frank died of cancer in 1949'.Frank Was my
grandmas boyfriend she sent Ralph to the store when he got home grandma had frank
hiding,she yelled at Ralph said I told u get Lard at the store so he went bk to store when
he came home frank shot him.The cops believed my grandma she had 8 living kids to
raise,but the following week she an frank went to KY to get married then frank an my
grandma had my mom may !
28 1921 she was born I was born dec6 1944.So Frank was my grandpa.Secrets were kept back
then,it took a funeral of my cousins ralphs granddaughter dorthy that's buried in
battle ground when I heard this stuff.Shirley told me her dad was like 8 yrs old an seen
it happen.I remember my mom found the gun in my grandmas closet in 1963 when mom put her
in soldiers home to live,she died in 1968,I loved my grandma with all my heart she baby
sat me till we moved from next door to her big brick duplex 7th an tippicanoes st empty
lot there now,If my grandma was alive now Id shun her turn my back an walk away,Ralph did
not die that day he was in st e hosp an couldn't talk yet alert he lived one day the
hosp called his sister in Monticello to come her bro dying hes buried in battleground with
most of his family,my grandma an grandpa are buried in old cemetery on salsbury st in west
lafayette,franks grave covered with grass an can stay that way after learning the truth I
don't go there!
any more.my grandma maude an ralph lived in chalmers way before this
happened,an also Ralf played for the cinnantti reds baseball team when he was younger,I
googled a lot an got even more info on my grandpa an also Ralph ,to bad the cops
didn't investigate more,guess I wouldn't be sitting here writing u this if it
didn't happen as my mom met my dad on Elizabeth street in Lafayette they eloped an mom
an dad had me an my two bro phil an fred deck ,my dads name was also fred deck mom was
Jean Hilt then Deck she was 51 when she died dad remarried an he died in 1991,Ive always
been open with my kids I have 4 diarys for my kids to read about little things I learned
over the yrs but never lied to them,Im still hurt knowing my grandma let frank kill her
husband an got by with it an frank was mean to the sayre kids that's a sad part as
well.,if interested in any more my name is judy striegle ph 765 491 5021
,,mimijudy1944(a)yahoo.com ,my e-mail address,hope u get this judy
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