The Minden City Herald
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Page 2

Sylvester F. Abraham

Mr. Sylvester F. Abraham, 87, of Bad Axe, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at the Sunny Acres Nursing Home in Bad Axe with his family by his side under the care of Hospice Advantage of Bay City.

He was born on February 10, 1918 in Paris Township to the late August and Otylia (Uller) Abraham.

He married Doris (Palach) Spencer September 2, 1946 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Lansing. She preceded him in death on March 10, 1979. He married Arline (Pulcer) Garza (sic it is actually Glaza) on June 11, 1983 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bad Axe.

Syvlester attended the St. Mary Catholic School in Parisville. He was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army from 1941 to 1945 in the Pacific Theatre. He owned and operated a fleet of milk trucks, hauling milk to the Fairmont Milk Company and the Michigan Milk Company. He worked for the State of Michigan DHIA (Dairy Herd Improvement Association), retiring after many years of service. He was a parishioner at Sacred Hearth Catholic Church in Bad Axe. He was a member of the Pigeon VFW Post #2236. He enjoyed woodworking, bowling, golfing, dancing and visiting with family.

Sylvester is survived by his wife, Arline Abraham of Bad Axe; two sons and daughters-in-law of Albuquerque, NM, and Standish; one daughter and son-in-law of Bad Axe; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four stepchildren of Troy; Ubly; Saginaw; and Waterville, Ohio; 11 step-grandchildren; and 4 step-great-grandchildren; one brother, August Abraham and his wife, Agnes, of Minden City; five sisters, Elizabeth Zurack of Eastpointe, Rita Shaw and her husband, George, of Elkton, Frances Heleski of Harbor Beach, Margaret Alent of Ubly, and Molly Depcinski and her husband, Eugene, of Bad Axe.

He was preceded in death by six brothers, Stanley, John, Adam, Joseph, Tony and Eugene Abraham; and two sisters, Rose Pawlosky and Pauline Abraham.

A funeral Mass was Saturday, February 4, 2006 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bad Axe. Rev. Joseph Griffin, pastor of St. John Catholic Church in Ubly, officiated. Burial was in St. Francis Borgia Cemetery in Pigeon with graveside services provided by the Pigeon VFW Post 2236.

Arrangements were handled by the Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home of Ubly.