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Personal data Sylvia Esther Abbas 

  • Alternative name: Sylvia Abbas Heyes
  • She was born St. Patricks Day 1912 in Ledyard Twp., Kossuth Co., IA.
  • She died on August 27, 2006 in Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA (Timely Mission Nursing Home), she was 94 years old.
  • She is buried on September 2, 2006 in German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA (Ramsey Ref. Cem.).
  • A child of Hillard Abbas and Freeda Alma Nelson
  • This information was last updated on April 10, 2015.

Household of Sylvia Esther Abbas

She is married to Ben Heyes.

They got married on January 18, 1933 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, she was 21 years old.

Ben Heyes oo Sylvia Esther Abbas

Marriage source: Author: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Title: Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa Teil I, (Publication location: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMVII) no pagination,ISBN 0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"... Ben HEYES * 17 June 1906 near Titonka, IA, as son of Dick HEYES and his wife Lucy *UBBEN >> Lakota area, IA, >> Buffalo Center area, IA + 16 Sept 1972 # oo 18 January 1933 Sylvia Esther ABBAS * 17 March 1912 near Ledyard, IA as daughter Hillard ABBAS and his wife Freeda Alma *NELSON + 27 August 2006 Buffalo Center, IA # 2 September 2006 Ramsey Reformed Church cem. north of German Valley, IA ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. Marvin Howard Heyes  1935-2006 


Notes about Sylvia Esther Abbas

Sylvia Esther Abbas

Source: Author: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Title: Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa Teil I, (Publication location: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMVII) no pagination, ISBN0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"... Ben HEYES * 17 June 1906 near Titonka, IA, as son of Dick HEYES and his wife Lucy *UBBEN >> Lakota area, IA, >> Buffalo Center area, IA + 16 Sept 1972 # oo 18 January 1933 Sylvia Esther ABBAS * 17 March 1912 near Ledyard, IA as daughter Hillard ABBAS and his wife Freeda Alma *NELSON + 27 August 2006 Buffalo Center, IA # 2 September 2006 Ramsey Reformed Church cem. north of German Valley, IA ... Sylvia Heyes

Funeral services for Sylvia Heyes, 94, will be held 10:30 a.m. Saaturday, September 2, at First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center with Pastor Bill Peake officiating. Burial will follow at Ramsey Reformed Cemetery near Titonka.

Sylvia Esther Abbas was born on March 17, 1912 in Lakota, IA to Hillard and Freeda (Nelson) Abbas. Sylvia attended country school.

Sylvia was united in marriage to Ben Heyes on January 18, 1933. Ben passed away in September of 1972.

Sylvia and Ben farmed near Lakota for 10 years and then they bought a farm in Grant Township. Sylvia moved to Buffalo Center after Ben's death.

Sylvia enjoyed volunteering and volunteered at Brewton, Alabama for 11 years and also volunteered at Cook School for Native Americans.

Sylvia enjoyed getting together with her family during the holidays. She always had a birthday cake ready for her family's birthdays.

Sylvia enjoyed playing scrabble, traveling, crocheting, and Hardanger handcraft. Sylvia passed away on Sunday morning, August 27, 2006 at Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center, where she was a resident for nine years.

She is survived by her children: Marvin and his wife Beverly of Buffalo Center; Mary Harms and her husband Forrest of West Des Moines; her grandchildren: Gary Heyes and wife Laurie,; David Heyes and wife Paula; Craig Heyes and wife Linda;Paul Heyes and wife Joan; Randy Harms and wife Lisa; Allen Harms and wife Jyl; and Lynn Pajunen ahd her husband Roger; 10 great-grandchildren; and her siblings: Anna Tjaden of Mesa, AZ; Elsie Purdy of Lancaster CA; Walter Abbas ofDelavan, MN; Betty Whitney of Delavan, MN; Margie Wallace of Chandley, AZ and Gloria Purdie of Glenville, MN.

Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ben, her brother Art Abbas, her sister Violet Johnson, and her brother Ernest Abbas." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sylvia Esther Abbas

Hillard Abbas
1889-1970

Sylvia Esther Abbas
1912-2006

1933

Ben Heyes
1906-1972

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Marvin Howard Heyes
1935-2006

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Day of marriage January 18, 1933

  • The temperature on January 18, 1933 was between -4.3 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -2 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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Day of death August 27, 2006

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Day of burial September 2, 2006

  • The temperature on September 2, 2006 was between 11.9 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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