Services will be graveside at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in Palms-Robarts Memorial Park.
Survivors include son Roy M. of Leicester, N.C.; daughters Frances Shapiro-Darby of Sarasota, and Nancy Pitman of Manhattan, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Tidewell Hospice or Alzheimer's Association in Sylvia's memory.