Marlene Sayre, age 76, passed away on July 16, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 12:00 PM on Thursday, August 15th at Strike Life Tributes in Cambridge with a visiting time 1 hour prior. A luncheon will follow the service.
She will be sadly missed by her husband, Stan; sons, Randy (Angie) and Alan; 2 granddaughters; 2 sisters, Marsha, Maryann; 1 brother, Craig; and by many other relatives and friends.
The passing of my grandmother was a complete shock to me, as well as being my first experience with the death of a loved one. I don’t think I truly understood my grandmother. Most of the memories I have of her are when I was a child. I never really got to enjoy my grandmother as an adult, and that hurts. She met my first born son and that’s a wonderful memory many people have. Unfortunately she wasn’t able to meet my second born son but he’ll know all about her! I will miss everything she would have taught them. I’m sure she would have taught me a thing or two as well. I just wish I spent more time with her. I’m sure I would have been amazed as to what a remarkable woman she really was. The memories I do have of her though, will be cherished forever. I love you grandma. I miss you grandma.
I will miss the phone calls from Marlene, asking for Mom’s meatloaf or some other recipe from Mom’s recipe box or book…we shared our love of cooking for our families. Each call was highlighted with stories of Grandma McClellan and growing up in her care while our Mom worked – or stories of our families travels – a piece of our lives we will never know, had passed with Marlene. She will be missed…
Memories of my sister.
Marlene was the oldest of Marlin and Esther Elsner’s four children.
Being the oldest, she dealt with many challenges. Often, she was in charge of her younger sisters and brother. Now that was a challenge! She tried her best to keep each of us out of trouble. Sometimes her efforts worked and other times her efforts fell on deaf ears. When Marlene was in high school, she sang in the school choir. I remember going to many concerts, sitting quietly hoping to hear her beautiful alto voice above all the other voices. After high school she went to work as a nurses aide at St. John’s Hospital. It was there she met Stan and they were married. They raised two boys, Randy and Alan. She created a happy home for her family. She was a dedicated wife and mother. She was a very organized lady. In fact, we used to tease her about her spice drawer being in alphabetical order. Marlene was very opinionated about certain things. At times our opinions were very different and may have caused a distance between us. Even though there were differences of opinions, she was my sister and I will miss her.
I learned from her! I laughed with her!
I loved her!