Sayre, Ella (Crossman) Caward 1851 - 1914
SAYRE, CROSSMAN, CAWARD, THORP
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/31/2017 at 16:12:57
Source: Cresco Plain Dealer February 13, 1914, FP, C6
Transcribed from: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87058075/1914-02-13/ed-1/seq-1/Mrs. Frank Sayre Passes.
Mrs. Frank Sayre died suddenly Sunday morning Feb. 1, 1914. Death was due to heart trouble, of which she had suffered for a considerable time. It was on account of this affliction that the long walk from Mr. and Mrs. Sayre’s home in West Decorah became a hardship to her. And it was to establish her comfort that Mr. Sayre built their beautiful little house on River street. The house has been completed and Mr. and Mrs. Sayre had moved in only a short time before Mrs. Sayre’s death. They were “getting settled" and arranging the household furniture. Sunday morning they were talking of the arrangement of various articles and Mr. Sayre stepped onto the porch to hang the thermometer. Mrs. Sayre waited for him in a chair inside. On his return she had passed sway. The tragic demise of this good woman and the cruel interruption of her and her husband’s plans to enjoy their new home shocked the community and filled it with sympathetic sadness for the terrible bereavement of the husband.Ella Crossman was born April l5, 1851, at Fond du Lac, Wis. In 1869 she came to Iowa with her mother. In 1870 she was united in marriage with J. J. Caward of Cresco. To them were born three daughters. One died several years ago and two survive, Mrs. L. E. Thorp of Chicago and Miss Ella Caward of Decorah. After the death of Mr. Caward the deceased lived in St. Paul a ahort time. In 1897 she was married to Frand{sp} Sayre and they moved the same year to Decorah. In her 17 years’ residence in this city, she earned the esteem of all who made her acquaintance. She was one of those rare women that radiate kindness and benevolence. Her smile was a sweet benediction. Her gentle life will ever be a treasured memory to the husband and to the daughters, but it makes the parting doubly hard. If a multitude of sympathetic friends would avail, their grief would be assuaged, for the entire city mourns with them in their sadness. –Decorah Journal.
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