This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garbett, Sweetzer Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8157 Message Board Post: Allen Sylva Called by Death Allen W. Sylva, 64, a forty year resident of Mojave passed away at his home Friday, Jan 24th from natural causes. Mr. Sylva was well known here and employed as a switchman for the Southern Pacific R.R. prior to his retirement. He served 6 years as a board member of the Mojave Public Utility District. Al also served as president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for this area in 1956. He is survived by his wife, Grace and two daughters, Hazel C. Garbett of Mojave and Helen Sweetzer of Bakersfield. Also surviving is a brother, Lawrence of Tujunga, Calif. Graveside services were held on Tuesday, January 28 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. James Thompson of Community Comm. Church officiating. Interment was in Mojave District Cemetery. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 30 Jan 1958