Obituary of Mary Kathyrn Sayre Davenport Ineichen of Richland Parish, LA
as published in  Monroe The News Star, February,13 2007
Submitted by Dot Golliher, February 2007




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Services for Mrs. Mary Kathryn Sayre Davenport Ineichen, 81, of Rayville, LA 
will be 2 PM Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at Rayville United Methodist Church 
co-officiated by Father Greg Riley and Rev. Ted Freeland with interment to 
follow in Gwin Cemetery in Mangham, LA under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral 
Home Rayville, LA.

Mrs. Mary Kathryn was a member of Saint David's Episcopal Church in Rayville. 
She was a Third Order Franciscan, Society of Saint Francis. She also attended 
Newcomb College. She was preceded in death by her parents William Simm Sayre, 
Jr. and Mary Heimbach Sayre Oswalt and a husband Joe Davenport, three brothers 
William "Simmie" Sayre, Louis Stanley Sayre, Jubal Neely Sayre. At the age of 
12 she went to live with Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Sayre and considered it home.


She is survived by three sons Joseph Davenport of Columbia, MO , Tom Sayre 
Davenport of Jackson, MS and Sim Sayre Davenport of Owensboro, KY. Sister 
Patricia Anne Sayre Nipp of Butler,AL; two brothers Tom Oswalt of Winnsboro, 
LA and Robert "Bob" Oswalt of Benton, LA, a special cousin, more like a sister 
than a cousin Jane Sayre Sartor and her husband Dr. Dan Sartor of Monroe, LA, 
six granddaughters, Mary Kathryn Countryman, Mary Margraret Cheatham, 
Jennifer Shroeder, Alice Jane Baron, Anna Louise Davenport and Elizabeth 
Ann Conway, and numerous great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. 

Pallbearers will be Tom Oswalt, Bob Oswalt, Alan Nipp, William Simm "Bill"Sayre, 
Dr. Frank Sartor, Stephen Countryman and Hank Drake.

Honorary Pallbearers or Dr. Dan Sartor, Dallas and Sarah Thomason, Edward "Tiger" 
Nipp, Thomas Sayre Sartor and Daniel Sartor, Jr.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. David's Episcopal Church Rayville, LA.

Note : In the same newspaper was printed the following article.
Farewell: George & Mary Kathryn
by Inez Green 

After our absorption with the unbelievable facts the sudden passing of two of 
our lifelong friends within twenty-four hours of each other we will pause and 
be comforted by a sudden knowledge. Their years together brought to closure a 
lifetime of separation spanning years of service to their different families, 
different communities, different conditions. Their consciousness, however, 
always maintained a secret thread connected to the other, and always seemed 
psychically aware when the other suffered from the "slings and arrows of 
outrageous fortune." 
Their over fifty years of separation began, of course, with World War II. After 
accepting ( maybe never quite ) the facts of their separation, each built a 
full life of family, education, service to the church and community, and 
maintenance of a wide group of friendships from varied areas. Their many dear 
friends in these past few days have been appalled to witness the ending of 
those few years together, and find diffulcuty in accepting that finality. The 
most comforting thought that can come to those of us who grieve is the 
recognition of the closing of the circle which included both lives.