Marilyn R. Silva

WILBRAHAM, Mass. Marilyn Ruth (Abry) Silva, 82, of Russell Road, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. She was born in Hudson Falls, N.Y. on Sept. 12, 1925, to the late Mary (Roth) and Claude Abry. Marilyn was brought up in Hudson Falls, graduated from Hudson Falls High School and has lived in Wilbraham, Mass., for the past 40 years. She was a communicant of St. Cecilia's Church. Marilyn was formerly a member of Quilters' Guild in West Springfield. She was the beloved wife of 60 years to David H. Silva; loving mother of Kathleen Grandy and her husband, Elroy, of Wyandotte, Mich., Carol Armitage of Palmer, Johanna Madden and her husband, John, of Durango, Colo., Susan Skinner and her husband, Steve, of Union Grove, N.C., Paula MacNiece of Yarmouthport, Thomas Silva of Wilbraham, Nancy Wagner and her husband, Scott, of Graniteville, Vt., and Matthew Silva and his wife, Jennifer of Monson; devoted grandmother of 16; great-grandmother of nine; and she leaves several nieces and nephews. There will be a Memorial Funeral Mass celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 19, at St. Cecilia's Church, Wilbraham, followed by a burial at the Woodland Dell Cemetery. Calling hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 18, at the Wilbraham Funeral Home, 2551 Boston road, Wilbraham. In lieu of flowers, donations in Marilyn's memory may be made to the St. Cecilia's Church Building Fund, 42 Main St., Wilbraham, MA 01095.