Sylvia P. Callender, 95, of Butler, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at Chicora Medical Center/Quality Life Service.
She was born February 15, 1927 in Millvale, the daughter of the late John W. and Ruth A. (Lynch) Parkes.
Sylvia was a graduate of the Butler High School Class of June 1945. She had worked at Bell Telephone as a long distance operator then retired from K-mart.
Surviving are her three children, Jan (Mickey) Callender of Bowling Green, VA, Jeff (Sherry) Callender of Meridian and Ruth Sumlin of Vale, NC; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Merle “Dub” Callender, who she married January 24, 1947 and passed away on June 25, 1992, brother, William Parkes and a sister, Nancy Parkes.
Private burial in West Sunbury Union Cemetery.