California Obituaries, Los Angeles County Submitted by Sally Kaleta 17 Nov 2010 This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. The Downey Eagle Friday, October 8, 1999 Vol. 7 No. 33 Memorial services for George A. Sylvia, age 78 DOWNEY-Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 9) at the Miller-Mies Mortuary Chapel for George A. Sylvia, who retired after 32 years with Prudential Insurance Co. of America, and was a longtime local resident. He was 78, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and died Sept. 29 in Downey. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and World War II. Survivors include his loving partner, Trudy McCaughan; a sister, Sally Demello of New Bedford; a brother, Victor Sylvia of Rochester, New Hampshire; a son, Robert Sylvia of Brocton, Massachusetts; daughters Marsha Morin of Swansea, Massachusetts, Norma Santerson of Indian Wells; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Father Steve Davoren officiated. Arrangements were by the Miller-Mies Mortuary of Downey.