Sylba was born in 1904 to Roy Milton Patton and Laura Fite. Her mother died shortly after she was born, and she was raised by her father and stepmother, Lula Klockenbrenk. In about 1935, she married Frank Rusche. They lived in Cincinnati. In the 1950s, Sylba was a saleslady in a linen store. She passed away in 1973 and was interred at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Sources
Cincinnati Birth and Death Records, 1865-1912. University of Cincinnati Libraries Digital Resource Commons. (http://hdl.handle.net/2374.UC/237303 : accessed 17 Jan 2023). Sylva Patton born to Roy Patton and Laura Fite. 9 Oct 1904.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML89-G6L : accessed 17 January 2023), Sylva C Patton in household of Ray M Patton, Cincinnati Ward 21, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 250, sheet 9A, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1194; FHL microfilm 1,375,207.
Marriage Licenses. Cincinnati Enquirer [Cincinnati, OH] 27 Aug 1935. p 16. Frank Rusche and Sylba Patton.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWPV-GMV : 9 January 2021), Sylba Rusche in household of Frank Rusche, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91-149B, sheet 62A, line 19, family 69, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3191.
1950 Census: "United States 1950 Census" citing Page: 10; Line: 30; FamilySearch Record: 6XB3-MJ9K (accessed 17 January 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QHK-9QHW-79GW-K Sylba Rusche (45), wife, Sales Lady, in household of Frank W Rusche (44 years) in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Born in Ohio.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPKJ-LZX : 8 January 2021), Sylba Rusche, May 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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