Took in the boys when Lane died
[Obituary] San Jose Mercury Newspaper - Tuesday, 15 July 1986
SILVA, Leona D. - In San Jose, CA., July 14, 1986. Wife of the late Clarence R. Silva. Dear mother of Gayle M. Silva of San Jose. Aunt of Barbara, James, Donald, Frank, Melton, John Dorr all of San Jose and Delphine Thomason of Houston, Texas. Also survived by numerous grandnieces and nephews. A native of Indiana. Age 80. A member of Starlight Chapter 401, O.E.S. since 1927, the First Presbyterian Church of S.J. and Hope for the Retarded Children. A resident of San Jose since 1908. Funeral Services, Wednesday, July 16, 1986 at 1:00 p.m. from the Darling Fischer Garden Chapel,471 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose. Interment Oak Hill Memorial Park. Contributions to Association for the Mentally Retarded at Agnew (A.M.R.A)