Robert Silva, Longtime Mendota Mayor, Dies

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Robert Silva, a longtime civic leader and former Mayor of the farming town of Mendota, passed away Wednesday.

A Mendota official confirmed Silva’s passing to The Sun on Wednesday.

The city did not have any details as to the cause of death.

Silva served in various city offices starting in 1978. He was first elected to the Mendota City Council in 1982.

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