Calaveras-San Bernardino-Sonoma County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Guidici, Florence Sylvia Brittain October 5 2004
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The Record  October 14, 2004
Sonoma
Sylvia Guidici 
Dec. 20, 1914 - October 5, 2004



  Born Florence Sylvia Brittain in Santa Ana, California in 1914, Sylvia 
Guidici grew up in Fontana, California. Known to family and friends as "Dolly," 
she came to Northern California in 1937, as the young bride of Emile Guidici of 
Sheep Ranch. The couple and their growing family lived in Sheep Ranch until 
Emile's work with PG & E necessitated a move to the nearby town of Angels Camp. 
There, Emile and Sylvia shared 60 years of marriage, until Emile's death in 
1997. Busy raising her five children, Sylvia nevertheless found time to 
establish and nurture a large and varied flower garden. She maintained her avid 
interest in gardening throughout her life. When her youngest child entered high 
school, she continued her own education, enrolling in Delta Junior College in 
Stockton where she reveled in the opportunity to develop her creative 
interests, taking every available class in printmaking and ceramics. In later 
years her artistic energies would find a new outlet in the numerous painting 
classes she found in her community. Great satisfaction and many dear friends 
were derived from her painting activities, parti cipating in art shows, 
attending painting workshops, and expressing her love of flowers and the 
landscape with her bold and colorful brushstrokes. After a severe stroke in 
December 2001, Sylvia moved to Sonoma where she was a resident of London House 
Convalescent Hospital until her death October 5, 2004. While at London House, 
Sylvia continued to enjoy her painting, as well as making many friends among 
staff and residents. She will be missed by all who knew her and cared for her. 
Sylvia is survived by her children, Nick Guidici, of Tucson, Arizona, Irene 
Ehret of Sonoma, Victoria Guidici of San Jose, Martha Stedman of Bellevue, 
Washington, and Larry Guidici of Bremerton, Washington, grandchildren Steve 
Ehret, Maria and Allen Stedman, and Luke and Teal Guidici, and treasured 
painting and gardening friend, Rheba Robinson of Sonora.
She was predeceased by her parents, Clarence Allen Brittain and Florence Irene 
Brittain; siblings, Bill Brittain, Allen Brittain, and Laura Schmidt, and 
granddaughter, Holly Ehret.
A Celebration of Sylvia's life will be held at her home in Angels Camp on 
October 24, 2004, from 2 to 5 p.m., with special Remembrances taking place at 3 
p.m.. For information and directions, please call (707) 996-3622 or (209) 532- 
2477. 
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sylvia's 
name to the California Native Plant Society, the Nature Conservancy, or the 
Sierra Club, causes she long supported.


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