Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sayer, John   1908 March 14, 1908
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Sunfield Sentinel – 19 March 1908
John Sayer was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, May 4th, 1834, immigrating to 
America with his parents in the year 1848, and settling with them in Jackson 
Co., Mich.
May 1, 1856, he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Geunebaugh and to 
this union were born 11 children, 10 of whom are living.  37 years ago they 
moved to Roxand, Eaton Co., Mich., where they have lived continuously, and 
toiled together, enduring the hardships of pioneer life, and, sharing the joys 
and happiness that comes from a life of honest toil, and good old age.

Besides the 10 surviving children, he leaves to mourn the loss of him, a 
widow, one brother and one sister (both of Jackson Co.), 14 grand-children and 
a host of friends, who will remember him best for industry, uprightness and 
the honest life he has lived.  He was a kind husband and father, and always 
much interested in the welfare of the children, who showed their appreciation 
by the care and affection showed him in this, his last sickness.  Among the 
last words spoken were to the son caring for him, “Now let me go; I am 
ready.”  He departed this live March 14th being 73 years, 10 months, and 10 
days of age.

The funeral of the above deceased was held on Monday, March 15th, in the M. E. 
church at Sebewa, Rev. D. E. Burtch officiating.  Besides the large concourse 
of relatives and friends there were also present one brother and two nieces 
from Jackson, also relatives from Ann Arbor, Grand Ledge and Collins.  
Interment was made in Sebewa cemetery.

In Memory:

God, in His mercy giveth,
In His mercy taketh away;
One vessel has crossed life’s ocean
And anchored safe in the bay.

A chair by our hearth is empty
And a voice we loved is still,
And we think of our Dear Father
And the place we can never fill.

Oh! How much we all will miss him
None but God alone can know;
While we tread life’s dark pathway,
Through this world of grief and woe.

We can only weep and look upward
To the heavens bright and blue,
And to think of our Dear Father
Who is there beyond our view.

CARD OF THANKS:  We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the friends and 
neighbors for their kindness and sympathy during the sickness and after the 
death of our husband and father.

Mrs. John Sayer and Family


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