Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Sayer, Ruth A Cory January 16, 2011
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Piqua Daily Call 17-Jan-2011
ST. PARIS - Ruth A. Cory Sayre, 84, of St. Paris passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 
2011, at 1:20 a.m. in Springfield Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 
31, 1926, in Ellwangen, Germany to the late Paul and Alma (Kranz) Heffner. 
Ruth married Francis George Cory on Nov. 12, 1949, and he preceded her in 
death on June 6, 1979. On Oct. 2, 1992, she married Raymond Jack Sayre and he 
died in May 1993.

Ruth is survived by two daughters, Gertie (Bruce) Marshall of Urbana and Kay 
(Jeff) Schwierking of St. Paris. She had eight grandchildren, Dean (Mindy) 
Nitchman of Lexington, Tenn., Michelle (Paul) McGuire of Urbana, Melissa 
(Brian) Anderson of St. Paris, Annette Marshall (Troy Crowe) of Springfield, 
April Marshall of Urbana, Rachel Marshall (Andrew Caldwell) of Dayton and 
Aaron and Paul Edgington of St. Paris. Ruth had 14 great grandchildren and one 
great-great-grandchild. She also is survived by one son in-law, Richard 
Nitchman of Mesa, Ariz., two step children, Keith (Karen) Sayre of Troy and 
Sue (Jack) Kaylor of Tipp City; numerous step grandchildren; step great-
grandchildren; and two sisters in-law, Mary Morton of Memphis, Tenn. and Jane 
(Mike) Keith of Riviera Beach, Fla.; and many special friends.

In addition to her parents and husbands she was preceded in death by one 
daughter, Eleonore Nitchman; one brother, Heinz Heffner; and sister, Gerda 
Schmidt.

Ruth was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she participated 
in the Women's Group. She was a member of D.A.R., a volunteer for the Red 
Cross and Meals on Wheels. For 28 years she worked at Val Decker Meat Packing, 
Piqua. In 1980, she became a nurse's aid for Mercy Memorial Hospital, Urbana 
retiring in 2000.

A funeral mass will be held at 1:30 a.m. Thursday in the Sacred Heart Catholic 
Church, 121 E. Walnut St, St. Paris with Father Greg Konerman presiding. 
Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris. Visitation for family 
and friends will be held from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday in the Atkins-Shively Funeral 
Home, 216 S. Springfield St., St. Paris. Memorial Donation can be made to the 
Cancer Association of Champaign County, Cornerstone Hospice, Alzheimer's 
Association or the Red Cross. Envelopes will be available in the funeral home 
and church

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