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Sylvia Ann Hickey
Sylvia Ann Hickey, age 80, of
El Segundo, California passed
away on May 26, 2021. She was
born August 14, 1940 in Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
Sylvia lived and worked in
Northern Ireland, England,
Libya, Beirut, South Africa
and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
before emigrating to the U.S.,
where she continued her love
of travel by having a career in
the travel and airline industries. Sylvia was
a member of St. Michael the Archangel
Episcopal Church and served in the church
choir. She loved animals, especially
her beloved cats.
Sylvia leaves behind her
partner in life, Gillian, daughter,
Jeanette, grandchildren, Alexandra
and James, her brothers
Derek, Ian and Raymond,
sister-in-law Rosemary and
nephews and nieces in Northern
Ireland, South Africa and
Zimbabwe. Church services will
be at St. Michael’s Church. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made in
her name to St. Michael’s Church and/or
the ASPCA. •
Obituaries
Barbara Jane Kyzar
Barbara Jane Kyzar (Ellis) went home
to be with the Lord and her beloved husband
Frank, on May 26, 2021 at the age of
eighty-seven. Barbara was born in Pueblo,
Colorado on May 31, 1933 and was adopted
at the age of four months by Samuel D. Ellis
and Bernice Ellis (Garwood). She grew up
with her adopted brother, James Theodore.
During her younger years, her mother
Bernice taught her to play the harp and
also taught her art, which included making
porcelain figurines, some of which were
sold at the opening of the Flamingo Hotel &
Casino in Las Vegas. Her father Sam, who
owned one of the first Greek restaurants in
Denver, CO, taught her the restaurant and
hospitality business.
She graduated high school in San Juan
Capistrano, California, where she earned
her letterman jacket for various varsity
sports, including softball and tennis. She
worked at the first burger shack on the pier
in San Clemente, California. She lived in
Daytona Beach, Florida before the famous
racetrack was built! She then came back
to Denver, Colorado where her father lived
and went to college there, attending Denver
University. At this time, her father married
Alva Ellis (Enfield). Her family grew over
the years to include her stepsisters Crystal,
Froseyne and Leona as well as her stepbrother
Sammy Junior.
While in college, she went on a blind date
with Frankie Joe Kyzar, whom, after serving
in the US Air Force, Frank asked her father
for her hand in marriage. Frank and Barbara
were married on December 8, 1957. At this
time, Frank started his career at Continental
Airlines. While in Denver, they started their
family, having Nancy Lorraine and then Kenneth
Bruce. Shortly after Ken’s birth, they
moved to Chicago, Illinois with Continental
Airlines. They once again moved
with Continental Airlines to Los
Angeles, California in 1967
and had Samuel Louis shortly
after. They moved to the city
of El Segundo, California and
became incredibly involved in
the community by volunteering
with the Little League baseball
and Babe Ruth baseball organizations.
Barbara made the snack
bars for both organizations her
home away from home as well as serving as
room parent and on the PTA. She worked at
Robert Nelson Studios in El Segundo, who
later printed material for the President’s
Clubs for Continental Airlines. She also had
so much fun raising money for El Segundo
Babe Ruth through their yearly show, The
Blackouts.
In 1982, Continental Airlines transferred
Frank to Houston, Texas. Shortly after, Barbara
became a grandmother for the first time when
Nancy had her first child, Christine. Over
the next twelve years Nancy had four more
children; Ryan, Sarah, Raymond and Jason.
She adored her five grandchildren very much.
She shared her time traveling back and forth
from Houston to El Segundo and some of
her most fondest memories and favorite past
times were spent going on many adventures
with her family and friends.
In her sixties, she met her biological
mother, Bobbie Bookhammer, for the first
time. This opened the door for even more
branches on her family tree! She was also
able to connect with her biological brothers
Joe & Virgil and her biological sister, Sheila.
When she was eighty, Barbara became
a great-grandmother for the first time after
Sarah had a child, Paisley, whom she adored
very much.
She is survived by her children,
Nancy Johnson (Howard)
of El Segundo, CA, Ken Kyzar
of Splendora, TX and Sam
Kyzar of Humble, TX; her
sisters Froseyne Mensindick
(Dan) of Ivins, UT, and Leona
Ellis of Castle Rock, CO; her
brother Sammy Jr. (Suzanne)
of Table Rock, NE; her sisterin
law Sylvia Ellis of Denver,
CO; her sister-in-law Joan Kyzar
of Bogue Chitto, MS, as well as her
five grandchildren (Christine Johnson,
Ryan Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Raymond
Johnson & Jason Johnson), one greatgrandchild
(Paisley Ward Johnson) and
many nieces and nephews. She is proceeded
in death by her father Sam Ellis, and her
mothers Bobbie Bookhammer, Bernice Ellis
(Garwood) & Alva Ellis; her beloved husband
Frank Kyzar (2002); her father and motherin
law Louis and Lessie Kyzar; her brother
and sister-in-law Julian and Agnes Calcote;
her brother-in-law Elbert Bernard Kyzar; her
sister Crystal French and her brother James
Theodore Ellis.
Barbara was known by everyone to
be such an amazing, sweet, kind hearted
and patient woman who spread smiles and
joy everywhere she went. She was forever
grateful for her forever friends that she
made through her journey of life as well
as her family that she loved so much. She
will be forever missed by everyone who
knew her.
Barbara’s cremains will be taken to Providence
Baptist Church Cemetery located in
Lawrence County, Mississippi and buried
next to her beloved Frank.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe
in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s
house are many rooms. If it were not so,
would I have told you that I go to prepare
a place for you? And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again and will
take you to myself, that where I am you
may be also.” – John 14:1-3