Sylvia Mabel (Arends) WEBB

WEBB, ARENDS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/3/2009 at 10:40:11

Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio
April 12, 2001

Sylvia M. Webb, 90, died April 11, 2001. Preceded in death by husband, Frederick, in 1997, and by brothers, Benjamin, Jess, Robert L., and Leonard J. Arends, she is survived by nephew and nieces. There are no local services or calling hours. Interment will be at Belmond Cemetery in Belmond, Iowa. Billow Fairlawn Chapel.

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Sylvia M. Webb, 90, of Akron, Ohio, died April 11, 2001, at the Windsor Care Center in Akron. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday May 11, at the Alexander Cemetery near Alexander with Pastor Tony Hershey officiating. A gathering will take place after the service at the Outpost in Alexander.

Sylvia Mabel Arends, the daguther of John and Hattie Arends, was born June 7, 1910. She graduated from the Iowa State Teachers College and taught in Iowa schools. She met Frederick Webb while in college and were married in 1940. Fred died in 1997. He was born in Toronto, Canada, and was a chemical engineer for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. After retirement they traveled the U.S. extensively. They were members of the Methodist Church. Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and four brothers, Jesse Leonard, Bennie and Robert. There are no immediate survivors.

May 10, 2001
Belmond Independent - Iowa