SYLVESTER, Jane (nee Rhinesmith) 1913-2000

SYLVESTER, KING, RHINESMITH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/13/2009 at 14:19:55

JANE (MRS. MYRON) SYLVESTER

CHARLES CITY - Jane (Mrs. Myron) Sylvester, 87, a resident of 2665 215th St., died Saturday (Oct. 28, 2000) at Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Charles City, with the Rev. Dianne Christopher, senior pastor, officiating. In honor of Jane the family suggests that the ladies attending the memorial service feel at liberty to wear hats. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 9 a.m. until service time at the church. Hauser Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., Charles City, is in charge of arrangements.

Minnie Jane Rhinesmith Sylvester was born May 6, 1913, at Charles City, the daughter of William and Alice King Rhinesmith. She graduated from Charles City High School in 1939 and attended St. Catherine's College in St. Paul. Jane taught school and was employed at the Oliver Corporation. On Sept. 29, 1939, she was united in marriage to Myron Sylvester. She also worked for several years at the Floyd County Courthouse where she retired as the Clerk of Court.

Jane was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church and was active in the various outreach programs of the church, the Daughters of the American Revolution and Share. She also volunteered at Jefferson Elementary School. She was an active participant in the Republican Party.

Living family members include a niece, Roberta and her husband, Carl Vogelhuber, of Charles City; a nephew, Curtis Sylvester of Detroit, Mich.; a niece, Suzanne and her husband, Bill Cattell, of Flordia; several great nieces and nephews; and two cousins, Mary Jane and her husband, Dan Hasty, of Bettendorf, and Peg Merriau of Cedar Rapids.

Jane was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Myron, on May 17, 1972; and a brother, Robert Rhinesmith.

The family suggests memorials be directed to Hospice of North Iowa, Charles City Satellite, or the Trinity United Methodist Church.

Hauser Funeral Home, (641) 228-2323.

[Globe Gazette, Oct. 29, 2000]