Lee Sylvester

Obituary of Lee Anne Sylvester

Lee Anne Sylvester passed away at her home surrounded by family and friends on Friday evening, August 25, 2006, she was 52 years old. Lee was born and raised in Hollis, New Hampshire. Her family owned Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hollis and she grew up on the farm helping in the family business. She was a graduate of the University of New Hampshire. She worked as a Bookkeeper at a Property Management Company in Cambridge. Lee and her husband Michael moved to Burlington twenty years ago where they raised their two children. Lee became active in the community and volunteered her time and services whenever possible. For the past ten years, she had worked as a Librarian in the Children’s Room at the Burlington Public Library where she was loved and admired by their children, their parents, and her co-workers. Lee is the loving wife of Michael W. Sylvester. She is the loving mother of Kristen Lee Sylvester and William Michael Sylvester both of Burlington and daughter of Frank and Eleanor Whittemore of Hollis, NH. She is the sister of Frank Whittemore & his wife Lyn of Kensington, NH, Ruth Whittemore of Newburyport, MA, and Joan Whittemore of Hollis, NH. She is also survived by many devoted friends and coworkers. Memorial Services will be held at the Burlington Public Library, 22 Sears St., Burlington, MA 01803 on Sunday, Sept. 3 from 11-1 p.m. Memorials in Lee’s name may be made to the Burlington Public Library Children’s Room, 22 Sears St., Burlington, MA 01803. For directions see www.burlingtonpubliclibrary.org. For on-line guest book see www.sullivanfuneralhome.net Arrangements under the direction of the Edward V. Sullivan Funeral Home, BURLINGTON.
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