Chester Linton Sivyer

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

773047

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, USA

Commemorated at:

St. George Memorial Plaque

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

St. George, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

St. George, Ontario

Next of kin address:

St. George, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Banker

Employer:

Merchants' Bank

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX April 11, 1966

Chester L. Sivyer

Chester Linton Sivyer, 68, of Detroit, died Saturday at his residence. He was born in St. George, a son of the late Henry and Hattie Drake Sivyer. Mr. Sivyer started with the Merchants’ Bank as a young man in St. George. He enlisted with the 125th Battalion, Brantford, and was wounded in France during the First World War. He later moved to Detroit with the bank. He was on the sales staff of General Electric until retiring. Surviving besides his wife, the former Mildred Rachel Stuart, are on son, Donald of Southfield, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. James (Ann) Carey of Livonia, Mich.; one brother, William Merton Sivyer of Rockwood, Mich.; three sisters, Mrs. P.C. (Elisa) Trendell, Mrs. Walter (Emma) Jackson, Mrs. Rose Misener, all of St. George; 10 grandchildren. Funeral service and interment will be held on Tuesday in Detroit.