Obit of Charvez, Sylvia "Esther" - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

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::Myers FH--Porterville CA

Charvez, Sylvia "Esther"

Memorial services will be held at Myers Funeral Service Chapel in 
Porterville, CA Saturday, August 19th, at 10:00 a.m. Esther was born 
October 10, 1922, near Stonewall, Oklahoma to John "Lindsey" and 
Laverne Jackson. She grew up in Oklahoma, and Porterville, 
California. During high school she played clarinet in the band, was 
Basketball Queen, and Valedictorian. She married Obel Dean Phipps 
November 11, 1941. They lived in Corcoran, California and finally 
settled in Hanford, California having three children. A while after 
Obel's death, she married Ralph Alexander Charvez, on November 8, 
1976, and moved to Gilroy, California. While in Gilroy she worked as 
an escrow secretary. She and Ralph then managed their first senior 
citizen complex. They moved to Watsonville and managed Pajaro Vista 
senior citizen complex for Lexington Associates. They managed this 
complex for over 20 years and the recreation room was renamed in 
their honor "Charvez Community Room" for their dedication and hard 
work. Upon Ralph's passing she continued to help manage Pajaro Vista. 
In 2002 she moved to Bakersfield to be closer to her children. She is 
survived by 2 daughters, their spouses and 1 son. Daughter, Lana and 
husband, Ed Holloway; son, John Phipps; and daughter, Sylvia and 
husband, Rick Billingsley, all of Bakersfield. She has 5 
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by 2 
sisters, Sadie and husband, Leroy Means of California Hot Springs, 
Sybil Turner of Ridgecrest; and 1 brother, Stanley and wife, Audrey 
of Anacortes Washington. She is also survived by numerous nieces and 
nephews and grand nieces and nephews too many to name but loved 
dearly by her along with many friends. We'll remember her favorite 
saying, which she used every time anyone left "You pray for me and 
I'll pray for you". Flowers or donations in lieu of to: The American 
Heart Association, 404 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301. Sylvia 
Charvez "Esther" Oct. 10, 1922 - Aug. 13, 2006

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 8/18/2006.
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