Wilbur Wayne Slater (1915 - 2001)

Born 20 Jan 1915 in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Mae (Partridge) Salter — married 30 Oct 1943 in Washington, D. C.

Died 19 Jun 2001 at age 86 in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Wilbur Wayne Slater, 86, of Main Street, Corsica, died Tuesday, June 19, 2001, in Brookville Hospital.

Born Jan. 20, 1915, in Erie, he was a son of Wayne Harrison and Esther Emaline Kahle Slater.

He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Signal Corps. Mr. Slater was employed by Boreman Plumbing, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Slater Studebaker, Spindler and Star Chevrolet and Ron Seidel Chevrolet-Cadillac. He was a member of the American Rapid Relay League.

Mr. Slater was married in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 30, 1943, to Helen Mae Partridge, who died March 12, 2000.

Surviving are a daughter, Mary Slater Farley and her husband, William, of Brookville; three sons, David A. Slater and his wife, Margaret, of Murraysville, Karl E. Slater of Downers Grove, Ill., and Jan W. Slater and his wife, Lorrie, of Penn Hills; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He also is survived by three brothers, Harry A. Slater and his wife, Debby, of Shippenville, Richard E. Slater and his wife, Arlene, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Roger H. Slater and his wife, Shirley, of Poland, Ohio; and two sisters, Ruth L. Slater of Corsica and A. Isabel Slater Caravan and her husband, Vince, of Fulton, N.Y.

In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Slater was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Sharon Mae Slater, and a sister, Anita Slater Brown.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the McKinney Funeral Home, 345 Main St., Brookville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the funeral home with the Rev. Maynard Grunstra officiating.

Interment will be in Pisgah Cemetery, Corsica.

(From Find-A-Grave)

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQHZ-GS8 : accessed 1 September 2016), Wilbur W Slater in household of Wayne H Slater, Monroe Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-23, sheet 5B, family 89, 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 3468.

"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8B-YYN : 8 December 2015), Wilbur W Slater in entry for W Harry Slater, 1930.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTB-995 : 14 December 2015), Wilber W Slater in household of Wayne Slater, Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 15A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,551.

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYQX-968 : 19 May 2014), Wilbur W Slater, 19 Jun 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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