IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Sylvan E.

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Asberry

May 19, 1923 – May 1, 2010

Obituary

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR

Sylvan E. Asberry
Age - 86
5/19/1923 - 5/1/2010
Tina, MO - Utica, NE


Funeral Service
10:30 A.M., Wednesday, May 5, 2010
at Zabka Funeral Home Chapel
Seward, NE
Officiant: Pastor Lowell Myers
Casket Bearers
Stan Mifflin, Bruce Mifflin, Jeremey Mifflin
Terry Stalsberg, Matt Mifflin, Tayler Hoffman

INTERMENT
Seward Cemetery
Seward, NE

VISITATION
1:00 - 8:30 P.M., Tuesday, May 4, 2010
with family receiving friends from 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
and one hour prior to the service on Wednesday
all at Zabka Funeral Home, Seward

MEMORIALS
Donor's choice in care of the family


Sylvan Eugene Asberry was born May 19, 1923 in Tina, Missouri to John Elijah and Margaret Irene (Woodcock) Asberry and passed away in Utica, Nebraska on May 1, 2010 at the age of 86 years, 11 months, 13 days. Following his schooling Sylvan worked on a farm and then served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. On July 14, 1963, Sylvan was united in marriage to Margaret Ann Hoffman at Rosemont, Illinois. He was a steel worker for Granite City Steel for many years. They moved to Seward from 1987-1997 and Sylvan returned to Seward in 2008. He was a member of VFW Post #4755 in Seward.
Sylvan is preceded in death by his parents, John and Margaret Asberry; his son, Jack Asberry, two grandsons, Jon Mifflin and Jason Mifflin; his sister, Carolyn, and brothers, Loy, Billie and Floyd and a stepson, Raymond.
Sylvan is survived by his wife, Margaret Asberry, Seward; sons and daughters-in-law, Rick Asberry of Femandia Beach, Florida, Stan and Mary Mifflin of Seward, Louis and Cathy Mifflin of Big Rock, TN, Bruce and Joyce Mifflin of Seward; sister, Melba Taylor, Sikeston, MO; brother, Ervin Asberry, Murfreeboro, TN; two grandchildren, Jeremy and Jaime Mifflin, Matt Mifflin; four great-grandchildren, Annie, Rosie and Jon Mifflin, Tayler Hoffman; other relatives and a host of friends. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers, and memories of life shared with Sylvan.
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