Sylvia Marguerite Vandyke

Sylvia Marguerite Vandyke obituary, Columbus, OH

Sylvia Marguerite Vandyke

Sylvia Vandyke Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Cook & Son-Pallay Funeral Home - Columbus on Oct. 25, 2025.

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SYLVIA MARGUERITE VanDYKE, age 87, passed away on Monday, June 23, 2025 at AlterCare of Newark North. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on April 31, 1937 to Edward Derby and Ethel Beard Derby. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, John VanDyke; she had two sisters, Sandra Blanton and Esther Pace; and had a dear friend, Lori Beck, who survives her.
Sylvia's burial will be at Eastlawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, June 27, 2025, by COOK & SON- PALLAY FUNERAL HOME.

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