Janice M. Sayre

Janice Marie (Shinn) Sayre, passed from this life on Monday, March 24, 2025. Janice was born January 4, 1943, in Cottageville, West Virginia, to parents Clarence Roy Shinn, and Bernice (Kinzel) Shinn. 

She was married to Henry Raymond Sayre and had two children, John Russell Sayre, and Crystal Renee (Sayre) (Don Bolyn) Kellison.

Janice has been a long-time resident of Columbus, Ohio, and retired from Plaskolite. 

She enjoyed playing music, singing, and dancing. She gained a "special angel" Richard Cole into her life while enjoying her hobbies and they have remained wonderful friends and helpers to each other for many many years. 

Janice is preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Bernice Shinn; husband Henry Raymond Sayre, and son John Russell Sayre, and one sister Kathryn Mae (Shinn) Hoschar of New Vienna, Ohio. 

Surviving family members include daughter Crystal Renee (Sayre) (Don Bolyn) Kellison; brother Roy Lincoln Shinn; sister Betty Jane (Shinn) Painter. Also surviving are grandchildren: Jason Kellison, and Andrea Jay Sayre; and many nieces, and nephews. Janice will be greatly missed by her family and friends. 

The family will receive friends on FRIDAY, March 28, 2025, from 11:00am-12:00pm, with Funeral Service starting at 12:00pm, with Rev Lawrence “Chip” Fowler, Jr., officiating, at the RADER-McDONALD-TIDD FUNERAL HOME, 1355 W. Main Street, West Jefferson, Ohio, 43162. Burial will follow at Sunset Cemetery, Galloway, Ohio.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, www.alz.org in memory of Janice.