LEWISTON — Hazel B. Hersom Sylvester, 98, of Lewiston, formerly of South Paris, died Sunday, December 31, 2017, at D’ Youville Pavilion. She was born in Chelsea, ME. on October 31, 1919, the daughter of Harry and Bertha Markhem Heath.

Hazel was a homemaker and a very active member of the churches she belonged to Assembly of God in Brunswick and the Oxford Hills Assembly of God. She enjoyed reading her Bible, praying, singing hymns and spending time with her family.

She was married to William J. Hersom, who died in 1985, and she later married Ernest Sylvester, who died in 1993.

Survivors include a son Donald W. Hersom and his wife Linda of Lewiston, a daughter Laureen K. Verrill and her husband Stephen of New Boston, N.H; daughter Barbara Hersom Buck and a daughter-in-law Karen Hersom of Saco; grandchildren Donald A. Hersom, Sherri L. Marshall, Scott Ferland, Peter Ferland, Paul Ferland, David Ferland, Cherity L. Carleton, Faith A. Vincent, Joy S. Johnson, Hope R. Bourne, Chad S. Verril, Matthew Hersom, Micah Hersom, Jessie Payton and David Hersom, 25 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren. A sister Helen Poore of Brunswick and a brother Kenneth Heath and his wife Susan of Topsham, Ernest’s children Ernest R. and David A. Sylvester and Rebecca Hinckley and several nieces and nephews.

Hazel was predeceased by a son David Hersom, daughters Shirley Thibodeau and Rosemary Lamb and by 7 of her siblings.

Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 5, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 45 Main Street, South Paris, with interment in the spring at Burr Cemetery in Freeport. A time of visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral.