Leoner "Lee" DaSilva (79) was born the second of five children to Felisberto and Maria DaSilva on May 3, 1926. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 8, 2005. Lee attended elementary school at the original Arcola School and graduated from Madera High in 1944.Immediately upon graduation Lee entered the Navy as a Sea Bee and spent the duration of the World War II building runways and ground support facilities in China and the Philippines. After completing his military service he returned to work on the family dairy with his father and brother Robert.
