- Date Of Birth: March 21, 1922
- Date Of Death: February 5, 2008
- State: Indiana
David Eugene Sayler, 85, of Novi, Mich., passed away at 1:30 a.m. February 5, 2008 at Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, Mich.
Mr. Sayler was born at Crawfordsville to Parents Herman J. and Naomi Muriel Pope Sayler.
He was a resident of Birmingham, Mich., for 51 years and worked at Ford Motor Company for 25 years before retirement. He was a 1940 graduate of New Market High School, attended Wabash College & graduated from Indiana University after military service.
He was married to Martha Houlehan Sayler for 61 years. He was a decorated World War II Bomber Pilot, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps based in England; he flew dozens of missions from England to Germany. His memberships included First Baptist Church, Birmingham, Mich., Sigma Nu Fraternity, Masonic Lodge #50, Second Air Division Eighth Air Force 44th Bomb Group.
He is survived by two sons, Michael (Margie) Sayler, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Frederic (Jane) Sayler, Middletown, Md.; brother; John Charles (Ethel) Sayler of Waveland; five grandsons, Ben, Wes, Brad, all of Maryland, Steve of Colorado, David (Lyndi); one granddaughter, Jennifer (Eric) Whitmore of Oregon; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife.
