Nellie Bullis and Morris Arthur Sylvester

MORRIS ARTHUR SYLVESTER, son of EMILY BELL KINNEY and MOSES WOOD SYLVESTER, was born February 28, 1879 in Wisconsin,⁸ and died November 8, 1973 in Wisconsin.⁵³⁶⁵ He is buried in Earl Cemetery, Washburn County, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

He married NELLIE BULLIS. She was born May 31, 1881 in Oswatonna, Steele, Minnesota,^{456, 1987} and died in 1943.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Earl Cemetery, Washburn County, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Morris A. Sylvester)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Morris A. Sylvester)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Morris A. Sylvester)

Children of NELLIE BULLIS and MORRIS ARTHUR SYLVESTER:

1. ELSIE ELVIRA SYLVESTER, b. September 30, 1902, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁶⁵³ m. HAROLD PEDER WARLOE on July 1, 1927 in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota⁶¹³⁵; d. September 30, 1997, Sacramento County, California;^{4532, 250} bur. Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California.⁴⁵⁶
2. CHARLOTTE MAY SYLVESTER, b. February 9, 1904;⁴⁵⁶ m. ELMER CHRIST ERICKSON on April 18, 1923 in Washburn County, Wisconsin⁴²¹; d. October 15, 1925;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Earl Cemetery, Washburn County, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
3. WALTER WOOD SYLVESTER, b. October 7, 1905, Brookings, South Dakota;⁶⁹⁷⁹ m. VIOLA ELNORA BOWN on April 8, 1939 in Washburn County, Wisconsin⁴²¹; d. April 14, 1981, Washburn County, Wisconsin;⁵³⁶⁵ bur. Earl Cemetery, Washburn County, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
4. SYLVIA ADELAIDE SYLVESTER, b. November 3, 1907, Spooner, Washburn, Wisconsin;⁷⁴ m. CLARENCE DUWARD ARNOLD on June 16, 1925 in St. Louis County, Minnesota²⁰²⁴; d. December 23, 2003, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota;⁷⁴ bur. Park Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota.^{74, 456}
5. CHARLES ARTHUR SYLVESTER, b. March 7, 1909, Spooner, Washburn, Wisconsin;⁷⁴ d. February 12, 1998, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota.⁷⁴
6. BESSIE ALICE SYLVESTER, b. August 28, 1910, Spooner, Washburn, Wisconsin;^{4532, 12252} m. RUPERT LARU WIERSMA on April 19, 1929 in Spooner, Washburn, Wisconsin^{421, 12252}; d. January 15, 1998, Veradale, Spokane, Washington.^{4532, 12252}
7. RALPH JONES SYLVESTER, b. January 4, 1918, Spooner, Washburn, Wisconsin;^{56, 12253} m. VIOLET AILEEN HASTINGS on May 4, 1940 in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho^{12253, 4079}; d. September 8, 2006, Spokane, Spokane, Washington.^{56, 12253}



Obituaries

Los Angeles Times, October 3, 1997¹²²⁵¹

WALROE, Elsie E. (Sylvester) died on September 30, 1997. She was married to Harold Warloe (deceased) and is survived by her two sons, Robert Warloe and his wife, Jan, of Torrance, and Roger Warloe and his wife, Constance, of Sacramento; plus eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Elsie was born in Sylvester, Wisconsin on September 30, 1902. She moved to Los Angeles in 1927 and was an active church member of Immanuel Baptist Church and later Crenshaw United Methodist Church. She was very active in the various church women's organizations in the greater Los Angeles area. Since 1986 she has been a member of St. Andrews United Methodist Church in Sacramento. She loved working with children; in her senior years she spent many hours helping the elderly and visiting the sick.

She is also survived by four siblings: Sylvia Arnold of Duluth, Minnesota, Charles Sylvester of Duluth, Bessie Wiersma of Varadal, Washington, and Ralph Sylvester of Spokane, Washington.

Funeral services will be held 4:30 pm, October 11 at St. Andrews United Methodist Church in Sacrament. Memorial donations may be sent to St. Andrews United Methodist Church.

Spokesman-Review, January 16, 1998¹²²⁵²

Bessie Wiersma

Veradale

No service will be held for Bessie (Sylvester) Wiersma, 87, at her request. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Wiersma, who was born in Spooner, Wis., died Thursday.

In 1929 she married Red Wiersma in Spooner and in 1942 they moved to Spokane from Bend, Ore.

She was a homemaker.

Her husband preceded her in death.

Survivors include a son, Don Wiersma of Spokane; a daughter, Fern Anderson of Veradale; two brothers, Ralph Sylvester of Spokane and Charlie Sylvester of Duluth, Minn.; a sister, Sylvia Arnold of Duluth; eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 22 great-great- grandchildren.

Spokesman-Review, September 10, 2006¹²²⁵³

SYLVESTER, Ralph J. born in Spooner, Wi January 4, 1918 passed away Thursday, September 8, 2006 in his Spokane home surrounded by family. Ralph married Violet Hastings on May 4, 1940 and served in the US Army where he was honorably discharged in 1945. He lived in Chewelah with his wife and three daughters for 16 years while working for Stevens County. In 1964 Ralph and Violet moved to Placerville, CA where Ralph worked as the Superintendent of Public Works for El Dorado County. He retired in 1991 and he and Violet moved back to Spokane. Ralph is survived by his wife of 66 years, Violet; three daughters, Joanne Fitzgerald, Sandra King and Shirlee (Steve) Pope; 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, all of whom he loved dearly. There will be a private memorial service. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane. Neptune Society entrusted with cremation.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 18804816	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Moses Wood Sylvester Emily Bell Kinney Katie Sylvester Eleanor Rust Sylvester Morris Arthur Sylvester
June 4, 19007153	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Morris Arthur Sylvester
May 10, 19108806	Evergreen, Washburn, Wisconsin	Morris Arthur Sylvester Nellie Bullis Elsie Elvira Sylvester Charlotte May Sylvester Walter Wood Sylvester Sylvia Adelaide Sylvester Charles Arthur Sylvester
January 12, 19208807	Evergreen, Washburn, Wisconsin	Morris Arthur Sylvester Nellie Bullis Elsie Elvira Sylvester Charlotte May Sylvester Walter Wood Sylvester Sylvia Adelaide Sylvester Charles Arthur Sylvester Bessie Alice Sylvester Ralph Jones Sylvester
April, 19308808	Evergreen, Washburn, Wisconsin	Morris Arthur Sylvester Nellie Bullis Walter Wood Sylvester Charles Arthur Sylvester Ralph Jones Sylvester
April 29, 19408809	Bass Lake, Washburn, Wisconsin	Morris Arthur Sylvester Nellie Bullis Charles Arthur Sylvester