Caroline M. Sayre

November 20, 2012       

WATERTOWN, N.Y.  —  Caroline Melton Sayre, 102, of 1010 Washington St., passed Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Hospice Home of Jefferson County.

Born Nov. 30, 1909, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of George A. and Caroline P. Murcott Melton, she graduated in 1927 as the salutatorian of Mineola High School.

Following school she was a stenographer at Valentine Insurance Co. in Mineola. 

She married George M. Sayre on Oct. 12, 1934, in Mineola, N.Y., at the home of her parents. The couple moved to Black River in the early 1940s. Mrs. Sayre was a homemaker. Mr. Sayre passed May 20, 1998.

She was a member of the Black River Home Bureau, she typed the church stencil for the Black River Methodist Church and was certified by the Library of Congress to transcribe scripture into brail for the Lutheran Brail Society for over 20 years.

Among her survivors are a daughter, Joan A. Sayre, NYC; a son and his wife, Milton M. and Jane M. Sayre, Clayton; a daughter-in-law, Karen Sayre, Waterbury, Conn.; five grandchildren, Benjamin Sayre, Shayne Curtis, Michael Sayre, Judith McDuff, Elizabeth Sayre; seven great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband, a son, Clyde O. Sayre, and three brothers ,Robert, George and Arthur Melton, all died before her.

There will be no calling hours. 

A graveside service will be noon Saturday, Nov. 24, in Black River Cemetery with Rev. Jeff Smith, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating.

Arrangements are with Bruce Funeral Home, Black River.

Donations may be made to Meals on Wheels 133 Pratt St., Watertown, NY, Salvation Army 723 State St., Watertown, NY or Hospice of Jefferson County 1398 Gotham St., Watertown, NY 13601.





Information provided by Bruce Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.