Sylvester, Hazel Helen (Putzier) 1918-2010

BALL, PUTZIER, SYLVESTER, MCGINTY, YEAGER, CORSON, CUENO

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Date: 2/17/2010 at 16:20:26

Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. January 6, 2010 at Hope Lutheran Church, Littleport, Iowa, with burial in the Union Cemetery, rural Littleport, Iowa for Hazel Helen Sylvester, who died January 2, 2010. Leonard Funeral Home, Elkader, assisted the family.

Hazel Helen Sylvester, 91, of Elkader, formerly of the Littleport and Strawberry Point areas, died Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Central Community Hospital in Elkader.

She was born March 6, 1918, in rural Guttenberg to Charles and Augusta (Ball) Putzier. She was baptized by Rev. Braun in Guttenberg. She attended school in Volga Township, Clayton Co. and Elkport.

She was united in marriage to Dale Sylvester on February 14, 1935, in Galena, IL. They lived in various places as Dale worked road construction. After the fall work was finished they moved to his parent's home near Littleport. Their first son Dale Jr. was born October 27, 1935, in Volga Township. They farmed Hazel's mother's farm for one year, and at this time their daughter, Dorothy was born on December 27, 1936. They then moved to the Greg Debes farm in Cox Creek Township until purchasing the Merrit Nading farm near Littleport. On December 17, 1938, their son Larry was born and October 5, 1940, their son Roger was born. Three years later on April 18, 1943, a daughter Mary Lee was born and on January 18, 1946, their son Owen came along.

Hazel was a hard worker and all went well until she had serious surgery in 1947. The family always worked together. Dale and Hazel retired to Strawberry Point. Hazel worked in several homes as well as cleaning the post office in Strawberry Point. They took several trips to see family; and enjoyed a big trip to Greece to see their son Roger and family.

Survivors include her children, Dale Sylvester of Strawberry Point, Dorothy McGinty of Franklin, TN, Larry (Connie) Sylvester of Elkader, Roger (Fofy) Sylvester of Beaver Creek, OH, Mary Lee Yeager of Littleton, CO and Owen (Susan) Sylvester of Elkport; twenty-three grandchildren; fifty great-grandchildren; fourteen great-great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Berdina Putzier of Strawberry Point and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1996; two brothers, Howard and Carl Putzier; two sisters, Mildred Corson and Florence Cueno and a grandson, Daryl Yeager.

Extracted from a funeral brochure.