OBITUARY: William Sylvester. Funeral services will be held Saturday for Oakley resident William Sylvester, 70, who died Tuesday at Kaiser Hospital in Martinez, California.
Mr. Sylvester, a native of Burtram, Texas, grew up in Chandler, Ariz., where he attended school. Beginning in 1937, he became a truck driver, eventually working for the Allyn Transportation Co, in Pittsburgh until his retirement in 1973.
He was a member of the Bethel Island Golf Club and the St. John's Lutheran Church in Antioch.
Survivors include his wife, Julia of Oakley; three daughters, Nadine Hickle of Fresno, Norma Tyler of Woodlake, and Paulette Bruns of Azusa; two brothers, John of Oceano and Hurbert of Lancaster, and five grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday will be held at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home in Antioch. Burial will follow at Oakview Memorial Cemetery. Donations to St. John's Lutheran Church or the Delta Learning Center, 2904 El Rey St., Antioch, are preferred.
Census info:
1920 United States Federal Census about Opel L Sylvester
1930 United States Federal Census about Opal Sylvester
1940 United States Federal Census about William Sylvester
Mr. Sylvester, a native of Burtram, Texas, grew up in Chandler, Ariz., where he attended school. Beginning in 1937, he became a truck driver, eventually working for the Allyn Transportation Co, in Pittsburgh until his retirement in 1973.
He was a member of the Bethel Island Golf Club and the St. John's Lutheran Church in Antioch.
Survivors include his wife, Julia of Oakley; three daughters, Nadine Hickle of Fresno, Norma Tyler of Woodlake, and Paulette Bruns of Azusa; two brothers, John of Oceano and Hurbert of Lancaster, and five grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday will be held at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home in Antioch. Burial will follow at Oakview Memorial Cemetery. Donations to St. John's Lutheran Church or the Delta Learning Center, 2904 El Rey St., Antioch, are preferred.
Census info:
1920 United States Federal Census about Opel L Sylvester
1930 United States Federal Census about Opal Sylvester
1940 United States Federal Census about William Sylvester
OBITUARY: William Sylvester. Funeral services will be held Saturday for Oakley resident William Sylvester, 70, who died Tuesday at Kaiser Hospital in Martinez, California.
Mr. Sylvester, a native of Burtram, Texas, grew up in Chandler, Ariz., where he attended school. Beginning in 1937, he became a truck driver, eventually working for the Allyn Transportation Co, in Pittsburgh until his retirement in 1973.
He was a member of the Bethel Island Golf Club and the St. John's Lutheran Church in Antioch.
Survivors include his wife, Julia of Oakley; three daughters, Nadine Hickle of Fresno, Norma Tyler of Woodlake, and Paulette Bruns of Azusa; two brothers, John of Oceano and Hurbert of Lancaster, and five grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday will be held at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home in Antioch. Burial will follow at Oakview Memorial Cemetery. Donations to St. John's Lutheran Church or the Delta Learning Center, 2904 El Rey St., Antioch, are preferred.
Census info:
1920 United States Federal Census about Opel L Sylvester
1930 United States Federal Census about Opal Sylvester
1940 United States Federal Census about William Sylvester
Mr. Sylvester, a native of Burtram, Texas, grew up in Chandler, Ariz., where he attended school. Beginning in 1937, he became a truck driver, eventually working for the Allyn Transportation Co, in Pittsburgh until his retirement in 1973.
He was a member of the Bethel Island Golf Club and the St. John's Lutheran Church in Antioch.
Survivors include his wife, Julia of Oakley; three daughters, Nadine Hickle of Fresno, Norma Tyler of Woodlake, and Paulette Bruns of Azusa; two brothers, John of Oceano and Hurbert of Lancaster, and five grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday will be held at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home in Antioch. Burial will follow at Oakview Memorial Cemetery. Donations to St. John's Lutheran Church or the Delta Learning Center, 2904 El Rey St., Antioch, are preferred.
Census info:
1920 United States Federal Census about Opel L Sylvester
1930 United States Federal Census about Opal Sylvester
1940 United States Federal Census about William Sylvester
Gravesite Details
Bill's brother Delbert 'Vernon' Sylvester, Find A Grave Memorial 61101988 in Phoenix AZ; John Thurston Sylvester 40764274
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