Faye Thanks for the obit My sister is married to Amelia's son Mike. Jane >From: "Faye Bowman" <fayebow@shawneelink.net> >Reply-To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com >To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILPOPE-L] Slankard obit >Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:28:43 -0600 > > >Sophia Slankard, 99 METROPOLIS, Ill. >Friday, November 18, 2005 >Services for Sophia Amelia Slankard, 99, of Metropolis, formerly of >Austria, will be at noon Saturday at Miller Funeral Home with the Rev. >Greg Dills officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Baptist Church >Cemetery in Rosebud. ( Pope County) >Mrs. Slankard died at 5:25 p.m. Wednesday at her home. >She was a retired nurse at Hines Veterans Hospital in Maywood, and was a >member of First Baptist Church. >Surviving are two daughters, Nancy Parks of Metropolis and Phyllis >Robinson of Greenville, Ky.; one sister, Amelia Casper of Golconda; >three grandchildren, David Parks of Grantsburg, Rodney Parks of >Metropolis and Pam Robinson of Greenville; and several nieces and >nephews. >She was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben Edward Slankard; one >sister; two brothers; and one stepgrandchild. Her parents were Raymond >and Julia Braun Hauser. >Friends may call after 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. >Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the >Alzheimer's Association, Carbondale Office, 409 N. Springer St., >Carbondale, IL 62901. > >From Paducah Sun > >Faye Bowman >fayebow@shawneelink.net >http://www.shawneelink.net/~fayebow/ > > _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/