Slivio Noe Silva
Respected and beloved Mr. Silvio Noe Silva, delivered his soul to the creator last May 12. He was 83 years of age.
Born in the city of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua on Sept. 7, 1926, Mr. Silva saw the birth of the dictatorship of Gral. Anastacio Somoza García.
Having joined the National Guard of Nicaragua at a very early age as a typist, since he did not have the majority of age needed to be a service man, he was assigned to serving personally to Gral. Somoza.
“He used to narrate with so much pride this experience … I bristled when I heard him tell the story with so much emotion,” said baseball talent contractor Evelio Evaristo Gómez.
“He used to tell the story that being so young, he served the coffee to the general … and he said it with so much pride.”
In reunions with relatives and friends, he use to tell about how Somoza chose him to be the bodyguard of his children.
He told that Somoza, when he saw him seeing him very often, Somoza asked him why was he looking at him so much, and he responded because he knew he had a lot of money.
Somoza asked him how did he know that, and he responded that it was what the people were saying.
Then on the following day, Somoza sent for him and gave him a ward’s name, and that he wanted him to serve as the bodyguard for his children.
He also marched and sang in the Army’s Band during his free time.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mrs. Pastora López, and his children Carlos, Silvio, Sandra, Carolina and Silvio, and 10 grandchildren.
