Visitation will be from 5pm-7pm on Friday, March 5th at Brookside Funeral Home - Cypress Creek, 9149 Hwy 6 North in Houston, Texas.
Funeral service will be held at 11am on Saturday, March 6th at St. Matthew Lutheran Church at 5315 S Main Street in Houston, Texas. The family will receive friends at the church before the service at 10am.
Sylvia was born in Waco, Texas, to Ralph and Mildred Belcher on January 22, 1951. She was baptized, confirmed, and attended elementary school at St. Mark Lutheran, in Waco, Texas. She graduated from University High School class of 1969, in Waco, Texas. She attended McLennan Community College and earned an Associate Degree. She lived and worked in Houston, Texas, as a sales associate with Southwestern Bell, Lutheran Brotherhood, and SCI. She became a massage therapist and retired at the age of 65. She was a member of Girl Scouts of America, AMTA, LWML, and the Lexington Lions Club & Chamber of Commerce. She was a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod at St. Matthew in Houston, St. James in Lexington, and Trinity in Dime Box, Texas. She married James Kelinske in April 2004.
Sylvia served as a Girl Scout troop leader, youth group leader, and member of the church choir. Most vacations were spent camping with scouts, family, and friends. Later in life she had the privilege of traveling the world with family and friends on numerous trips. She opened her heart and her home to countless friends. She also loved dogs and always had at least one big, hyper, playful pet.
Sylvia is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Mildred Belcher, her brother, Clinton Belcher, and her spouse, James Kelinske.
Sylvia is survived by her twin daughters, Kerri Schielke and husband, Philip, and Terri Szalkowski and husband, John; her sister, Nina Galli and husband, Allen; her God-daughter, Trudi Gatteys; her grandchildren: Matthew Szalkowski, Alexis Mascheck, Jacob Schielke, Benjamin Schielke, Katherine Mascheck, Esther Schielke, Michael Szalkowski, and Mason Szalkowski; her nephew, Todd Belcher and wife, Angie, children Clara and Lucas; and her niece, Tiffany McDonnell and husband, Adam, child Brianna.
Pallbearers will be Todd Belcher, Adam McDonnell, Jacob Schielke, Benjamin Schielke, Michael Szalkowski and Mason Szalkowski.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Lutheran Outdoors Ministry of Texas (LOMT) – Camp Lonestar is a favorite summer church camp that her daughters and grandkids enjoyed attending year after year.
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