Mrs. Mary M. Sylvester, 51, this city, passed away at Memorial hospital Logansport, at 3:45 Saturday afternoon, following a two-week illness. Born in Delphi on Jan. 29,1903, to Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison, she married William Sylvester, who survives. Also surviving are her father. of Delphi; a son, Billy, of North Hollywood, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Catherine Martin, of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Beverly Rollins, of Logansport, and two grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Merrill Plummer and Mrs. Russell Holmes, of Delphi; Mrs. Loyal Landis, of Tipton; Mrs. Charles Beighler, of Burlington; Mrs. Thomas Adams, of Holton; two brothers, Ralph, of Mount Vernon, and William, of Warsaw. She was a member of the Flora Christian church. Final rites were held at the Letter Funeral Home Monday afternoon with Rev. Carl Reppert in charge. Burial was made in Maple Lawn cemetery.
Flora Hoosier Democrat August 26, 1954
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