Harry Nello Sylvester;73;of 1 Graham Ave.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly today at 9:30 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Sylverter was a former stationary engineer for the old American Sheet and Tin Co.;Monessen;until 1937. He owned and operated a grocerty store in Belle Vernon 35 years;retiring in 1955. He was director of Belle Vernon Cemetery Association and was a member of Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 643;Belle Vernon;being a past master of the lodge and;at the time of his death;secretary. He was a past worthy high priest of Royal Arch Chapter;Monessen;where he was their present treasurer. My.Sylvester instructed at the Masonic School of Instruction in Charleroi. He was born in Bartolini;Italy;July 7;1895. Surviving are his widow;Rose Collart Sylverter;six sisters;Mrs. Olivia Cerini of Donora;Mrs.Helen Trombino and Mrs.Fabiola Niccolai;both of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mary Breza of Mononghaela;Mrs.Emilia Botsko of Donora;Mrs.Dora Gallo of Belle Vernon R.D. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service there Saturday;Dec.7;at 1:30 p.m. with Dr.S. Arthur Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Masonic service at the funeral home Dec 6 at 7 p.m. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

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