This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/1593 Message Board Post: The Sun, San Bernardino, CA - September 16, 2004 IN LOVING MEMORY SYLVESTER HYLLA – November 7, 1928 to Sept. 7, 2004. Sylvester Hylla, age 75, passed away in Riverside, CA) on Septmeber 7, 2004. He is lovingly remembered by his children: Linda Paul of Sonora , CA; Joanne Hylla of San Bernardino; Robert Hylla of Great Falls, MT; Roxanne Weatherington of Tifton, GA; Theresa Powers of Eugene, OR; Janel Farison of Broaddus, TX; his 20 grandchildren and his 23 great-grandchildren. Sy was born on the family farm in Holdingford, MN. He was the seventh of eight children. He joined the Navy and served as a gunner in WWII. While he was stationed in San Diego, he met and married Mary Dowell. They celebrated 52 years of marriage before Mary passed away in 2000. In 1952, Sy became a motorcycle policeman for the City of San Diego, CA. He was a member of the MMOC for 41 years. One of his proudest moments on the force was when he was chosen as a police escort for President Kennedy in 1960. He retired in 1963 after a serous accident. He then worked as a private investigator until he was hired by the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles in 1968 as a license examiner in the Bellflower and Pomona offices. He transferred to Sonora in 1973. He was promoted to a management position in 1978 and commuted to the Stockton office until his promotion to Office Manager of the Sonora office in 1984. He retired in 1990. Shortly after retirement he had a seven-way bypass open heart surgery. He moved to San Bernardino in 1995 with his wife, Mary. The home they purchased in Del Rosa was burned down in the Old Fire last October. His home was being rebuilt and he was looking forward to moving back into it at the end of this month. Services will be held September 17, 11:00 a.m. at the Montecito Park, 24145 Barton Road, Loma Linda, in the Garden of Valor. NOTE: Submitter is not related in any way to deceased. Obituary is provided for genealogical interest only. ~RIP~