Albina Emma Sylvester1

F, #43348, b. Dec 20, 1911, d. Dec 3, 2003
Father*Joseph Sylvester1 b. Aug 17, 1876, d. Apr 15, 1967
Mother*Lucy Alice Duval1 b. Jun 30, 1872, d. Oct 30, 1945

Family

Francis Martin Duval b. Jan 4, 1909, d. Jan 4, 1972

Chronological Events

Birth*Dec 20, 1911 Albina Emma Sylvester was born on Dec 20, 1911 at Montgomery, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.1 
 She was the daughter of Joseph Sylvester and Lucy Alice Duval.1 
Marriage*Nov 3, 1946 Albina Emma Sylvester married Francis Martin Duval on Nov 3, 1946 at Richford, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.2 
Death*Dec 3, 2003 Albina Emma Sylvester died on Dec 3, 2003, at age 91 at Haven Health Care Center (formerly Roncalli Health Care), Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.1 
ObituaryDec 4, 2003  OBITUARY: RICHFORD, Vt. / ENFIELD, Conn. -- Albina E. Duval, age 91, passed away Wednesday evening, Dec. 3, 2003, at the Haven Health Care Nursing Home in St. Albans, Vt. She was born Dec. 20, 1911, in Montgomery, the daughter of the late Joseph and Lucy (Duval) Sylvester.

She was raised in the Montgomery / Richford area and moved to Enfield, Conn. in 1961. She moved back to Vermont, the land that she loved, in 1996. She was a former member of All Saints Catholic Church in Richford and St. Martha's Catholic Church in Enfield, Conn.

Albina enjoyed reading, poetry, sewing, nature and most of all cooking for her family.

She is survived by her children, Cecile Deblois and her husband John of East Hartford, Conn., Jane Maxwell and her husband Paul of Enfield, Conn., and Dennis Duval of San Jose, Calif; her grandchildren, Michael Steadman Jr., Kathleen Steadman, Debra Braman and her husband William Braman III, Joseph Maxwell, Barbara Maxwell, Charlotte Duval, and Mary Duval; a great grandson, Angel Gomez Jr; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Francis M. Duval in 1972; they were married Nov. 3, 1946; and her siblings, Hermas Sylvester, Napoleon Sylvester, Sylvia Mayhew, Earl Sylvester, and Lloyd Sylvester.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003, at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Enosburg Falls with Reverend Benedict Kiely celebrating the Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will take place next spring in All Saints Cemetery in Richford, Vt.

Friends and relatives may call on the family on Saturday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls.

For those who wish, contributions in her memory may be made to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 485, Williston, Vt. 05495, or to the Northwestern Counseling and Support Services, 107 Fisher Pond Rd., St. Albans, Vt. 05478

Published online by Spears Funeral Home - Enosburg Falls - December 4, 2003.3
 
Burial*Dec 6, 2003 She was buried on Dec 6, 2003 at All Saints Catholic Cemetery, Richford, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 75833462.4 

Citations

  1. [S79] Gravestones - Find-A-Grave.com, online at findagrave.com.
  2. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #79.