AUBURN – Charles W. Sylvester, 93, of 1128 Riverside Drive, Auburn, died Wednesday July 27, 2005, at Clover Manor Nursing Home. Born in Durham, Nov. 13, 1911, the son of Lyndon and Edith Gould Sylvester. He attended grade school at Bliss School in Durham, Webster School in Auburn and graduated from Edward Little High School in the Class of 1930. He served in the U.S. Army for four years during World War II and in the Pacific Theater of Operations for 30 months. He worked in farming and forestry, at the shipyards before the war, board sawyer in sawmills and was the last person to saw timbers to repair Upper Dam with water mill at Upper Dam in the Rangeley Lake area. He worked on construction and carpentry for H.E. Callahan and retired from Gammon Cabinet Company. Charles and Louise loved to visit their son at Clayton Lake and in his earlier years he was an avid baseball player having played for several local teams. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting, cutting firewood, landscaping and playing cards. Mr. Sylvester is survived by his wife of 58 years the former Louise Bowie of Auburn whom he married Nov. 17, 1946, his son, William Sylvester of Clayton Lake and his companion, Jeannine Pelletier; his sisters, Ruth and husband, George Benjamin of Auburn, Velma Becker of Auburn. Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at Crosman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Lisbon Falls. Graveside service Saturday, July 30, 2005, at Durham-Sylvester Cemetery, time to be announced. Those wishing may make donations in Mr. Sylvester’s memory to the Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 819, Lewiston, ME 04243-0819. A service of the Crosman Funeral Home and Cremation Services 40 Main St., Lisbon Falls.
CHARLES W. SYLVESTER
