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- Prof. Walter Davis THOMAS, 91,
Greek professor of Milton college, died Saturday
- at the Rock county hospital. Until
frail health prevented him a few years ago, Prof. "Tommy"
had attended 65 consecutive commencement programs of the college
- one of the longest such records in the country.
- Prof. THOMAS was born July 1,
1855, in Shiloh, N.J., and was graduated from
- Milton college in the class of 1884.
That year he became professor of Greek at the college. Mr. THOMAS
and Miss Belle OVIATT, Clintonville, were married in 1889.
Mrs. THOMAS died in 1933.
- Surviving is a son, Clifford THOMAS,
principal of the junior high school at LaCrosse,
- and four grandchildren. The funeral
was held Tuesday afternoon in the Seventh Day Baptist church,
Milton, with Dr. Edwin Shaw and the Rev. Elmo F. Randolph officiating.
Burial was in Milton Junction cemetery.
- Pallbearers, faculty members of the
college, were J. N. DALAND, L. H.
- STRINGER,
D. N. INGLIS, J. F. WHITFORD, L. C. SHAW,
and B. H. WESTLUND. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- George O[liver] SAYRE, 78, well
known carpenter and woodworker of Milton, died
- at Edgerton Memorial hospital Sunday
afternoon Dec. 15. He had been a patient there since a heart
attack on Nov. 11. He was born in Welton, Iowa July 20, 1868
of Moses SAYRE and Mary CLEMENT SAYRE.
As a child he migrated by covered wagon with his family from
Farina, Ill., to North Loup, Nebr.
- In 1893, he came to attend school at
Milton, working his way through and hoping to
- prepare himself for the ministry.
He was active in evangelistic quartets, one of which was composed
of Prof. A. E. WHITFORD, the Rev. Eli LOOFBORO,
the Rev. C. S. SAYRE and himself. Through these years
he was a teacher of singing schools in various communities throughout
Southern Wisconsin and in Kansas. Later he studied photography
and had a portable studio which he moved by horse into different
localities for making pictures.
- For several years he was a farmer in
Harmony township and enjoyed participation in
- village band, men's chorus and Choral
Union. He was a life-long member of S.D.B. church.
- On Oct. 1, 1895, he was married to
Florence A. BARNHART, who passed away
- in Aug. 1933. Two children preceded
him in death, Mary Vivian, nine days of age in 1896, and Rolland
M., who died Oct. 1, 1922.
- Surviving him are three sons, A. Gerald
SAYRE, electronic engineer of Arlington,
- Va., Major G. Merton SAYRE of
the U. S. Army Signal corps, Arlington, Va., Capt. Paul B. SAYRE,
pilot of United Airlines, Chicago, and two daughters, Mrs. L.
J. BENNETT, of Fort Atkinson, and Mrs. Stuart SHADEL
of Milton Junction, one brother, Bert SAYRE of North Loup,
Nebr., and one sister, Mrs. Jennie HURLEY of Nortonville,
Kan.
- Services were held at the Phelps funeral
home at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and at 2 p.m.
- in the Milton S.D.B. church.
- Pallbearers were Dr. G. E. CROSLEY,
Dr. L. M. BABCOCK, George STEVENS,
- Charles BURDICK, A. H. HURLEY
and Prof. D. N. INGLIS.
- Music was furnished by Betty DALAND,
organist, a male quartet composed of
- Kenneth BABCOCK, Edward ROOD
and Irwin and Ivan FITZ RANDOLPH. This quartet sang
a hymn composed by Mr. SAYRE. [Thursday edition, p.
6]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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