Carolyn M. Sylvester of Townsend, DE passed away at home Thursday July 1, 2010.
She was 62.
Mrs. Sylvester was born November 13, 1947 in Wilmington, the daughter of the late Francis and Mildred Miller Duncan.
She retired as a clerk in the Wilmington Court System and later drove a school bus for 22 years for the Smyrna School District.
Mrs. Sylvester was a member of the Blackbird Community Center and her hobbies included traveling, doing word searches, playing bingo and having long phone conservations with her friends and family, especially phone calls to her daughters at work.
She was also an avid Phillies fan and enjoyed her swimming pool.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Francis and William Duncan.
She is survived by her husband, Lee F. Sylvester; two daughters, Kerri Hollyday and her husband, John of Townsend and Sherri Sylvester and her fiancée, Corey of Dover; two sisters, Kathleen Hackendorn of New Castle and Mildred Collins of Smyrna; a brother, Joseph Duncan of Townsend; her mother and father-in-law, Regina and Leland Sylvester of Townsend; a grandson, Sebastian Hollyday, and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Thursday July 8 at 12:30 p.m., in the Faries Funeral Chapel, 29 South Main Street, Smyrna, where friends may call one hour prior to the services.
Burial will be in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to the American Heart Association, 200 Continental Drive, Newark, DE 19713.
