September 12,1990 -T h e Portland O bserver- Page J
• Portland Observer
RELIGION
Four Generations of Sylvester
Family Unite in Denver, CO
The S y lv esters-all four gen
erations—came from both coasts and in-
between to converge on the Mile High
City for the fam ily’s first reunion in over
Louisiana and sharecropping, that most
tangible legacy o f slavery.
“ I worked for 75 cents a day,
and sometimes 50,” John Sylvester, Sr.
said as family mem bers listened atten
tively in the living room o f one o f his
daughters.
M rs. S ylvester explained,
however, that family mem bers from not-
so-long-ago times possessed a strength
of character which enabled them to
overcome a legacy of back-breaking work
and overt racism.
“ T here were a lot o f things that
our folks didn’t ow n,” Mrs. Sylvester
told the group. “ You sec, we didn’t
have much. But we had pride.”
The significance o f the reunion
was not lost on others. Kci th Rice of San
Jose, CA, whose young daughter and
a decade.
The reunion, held from August
9-13 in Denver, brought together dozens
o f family members and friends from
five states. W hile there was no set
theme, issues o f love and com m itm ent
to family were ever-present. John and
Thelm a Sylvester o f Portland, them
selves married for 54 years, provided
the fertile ground for the flourishing
family tree.
“ This reunion has got to help
keep us together,” said Mrs. Thelma
Sylvester, who, along with her husband,
is a proud grandparent of 15 and great-
grandparent o f 2. “ The more we can be
together, and have this type o f a close
relationship to each other, the stronger
we will b e.”
John Sylvester, Jr., who came
to D enver with his family from Hous
ton, Texas, said, “ It is im portant for our
kids to try to get an understanding of
where they cam e from. Our children
look at the present. But if they under
stand the past, they will have a better
idea o f where they will be headed.”
The activities and outings of
the idpriSdfi w ert fiighligfit#fbÿ ! faffu-
ily dinner which featured good food
prepared by M rs. Sylvester and good
talk provided by both family elders.
The talk of the evening bridged
the generational gaps (the youngest
Sylvester is 7, the eldest 74) that often
keep fam ilies divided. There was talk of
son represent the fam ily’s fourth gen
eration, said that the reunion “ reinforces
my ideals about how important the family
is mentally, physically, and spiritually.”
The elders told a history that
had never been reveled before. Some
family members laughed. Some cried.
All listened.
The Sylvester youth, usually
so taken by their own world, also sensed
the significance of the occasion.
Jennifer Sylvester, 14, noted
?fhfirt Jie h<Kf (fiet'at least five yodng
cousins that she had never remembered
seeing before.
“ I hope it w on’t take a long
time to sec everybody again, because
half the people could be gone. B e
sides,” she said, “ I shouldn’t have to
wait ten years to see my fam ily.”
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^Lillian Alice Lee Herzog,
Nov. 1,1908- Sept. 7,1990
Lillian died at home in
Northeast Portland (Irvington) of
cancer. Bom in Cooperstown, North
Dakota, she was married to Donald
J. Herzog until his
death 12 years ago.
She
lived
in
Hillsboro for 5 years,
spent 7 years at Tcr-
m illiger Plaza, and
lived in Northeast
P o rtla n d fo r 35
years.
She w as
raised on a farm on
the family hom e
stead site and gradu
ated from Cooper
stown High School.
She attended Valley State Teacher's
College. In her early career she
worked as a teacher in a one-room
school house in Griggs County,
North Dakota. During W orld W ar
II she lived in Fargo, ND and worked
at a fashionable retail store. W hen
she moved to Oregon she was a
hom em aker and later she worked
with her husband for m any years in
their business-the Don Herzog/H.E.
Dickson income tax agency.
S he contin ued her interest
in education by teaching adults and
children to read. She founded the
“ Reading T re e ” located at Irving
Parkin 1971, which continues each
summer and was recently expanded
to Alberta and Peninsula parks. She
was dedicated to the efforts of
promoting literacy through phon
ics. She and her husband spon
sored Little League Softball teams
in Irving Park for many years. Mie
was active in the Irvington C om m u
nity Association, Model Cities, Coa-
lition for School Integration, O re
gon Fair Share,
the Gray Panthers
and the Reading
Reform Founda
tion to name a
few.
She was
active in many po
litical cam paigns
in the city and
served as a pre
cinct com m ittee
woman for the
Democratic party.
She received the
M ayor’s Spirit of
Portland Award for Outstanding Citi
zen Participation in 1985, as well as
other recognition for her contribu
tion to education and com m unity
life.
The M emorial Service is
planned for M onday, Septem ber 17
at 11:00 at W estm inster Presbyte
rian Church. A reception following
will be held at the Peace House at
2116 N.E. 18th. All are w elcome to
both.
Survivors include:
Ann L. Schneider, her daughter
Kimberly and Lindsay Schneider,
her granddaughters
Robert Lee, her brother
A delaide M itchell, her sister
She will be buried with her
husband at the W illam ette National
Cem etery. M emorials should be
sent to the Reading Tree, 3124 N.E.
17th, Portland, OR 97212.
NPBC Classes Move to Berean
Fall classes at North Portland Bible
College will start Septem ber 24th in a
new location this year: Berean Baptist
Church, 4822 N. V ancouver Avenue at
W ygant Street. Pastor N athan Barnett
and the Berean congregation invited the
eight-year-old school to use their class
rooms tem porarily, w hile a perm anent
location is being sought. This the same
Bible school that formerly met in
M aranatha Church. The Rev. Donald T.
Frazier is the new chairman o f the Board
o f Directors.
Directors and friends o f the college
have decided that the school needs to be
more visible in its function as a com m u
nity-based center of Biblical studies, serv
ing all the churches. Negotiations are
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