Obituary: VOYLES, Sylvester Hovey; Delta CO http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/co/delta/obits/voyle-sh.txt or http://www.rootsweb.com/~codelta/obits/voyle-sh.txt Donated by:Virginia L. Aldridge Aug 2003 =============================================================== SYLVESTER VOYLES Sylvester Hovey VOYLES, 79, retired mechanic employed for many years by the City of Delta, died Aug. 1 at Delta Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since July 23. Mr. Voyles came to Delta when he was ten years old and had served as City mechanic for 50 years. Services have been set for 10:a.m. Saturday at Roberts Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Pea Green Cemetery. He was born Sept. 5, 1888, at Tennison, Ind., and was married in March of 1946 to Emma T. Brown. He is survived by his wife; a step-son, Sam Brown of Chicago; four step-daughters, Jessie B. Barron of Elkhard, ind., Ruby D. DeMars and Lameta Gunwall, both Everett, Wash., and Columbine Brown of Delta; and by eight grandchildren. Three brothers preceded him in death. Source: Delta County Independent - Aug 1968 To view image of OBIT, paste URL in your browser: http://www.rootsweb.com/~codelta/obits/images/SylvesterHoveyVoyles.jpg ***************************************************************************** Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) Archives and by the COGenWeb Project Archives. Transcribed and formatted for use by: Betty M.Baker - Aug 19, 2003 USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. ******************************************************************************