This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VIETEN, MANION, SLOWENSKY, PERKINS, FRONK Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4387 Message Board Post: Mavis Lucille Slowensky was born September 1, 1919, in Shirley, Missouri, the daughter of William and Bertha (Vieten) Manion and entered into eternal rest Saturday, May 20, 2006 at Phelps County Regional Medical Center, Rolla. She was united in marriage on December 10, 1939 in Shirley, Missouri to Raymond Wilford Slowensky. One son was born to this union. They enjoyed sixty years together before Raymond's death on October 16, 2000. On July 26, 2005 their only son, Raymond William "Bill" Slowensky passed away. Among those who remain are her daughter-in-law Jean Slowensky of Steelville; a grandson, John and wife Molly Slowensky of St. James; a great-granddaughter Riley Slowensky and many nieces and nephews, and other family and friends. She was also preceded in death by seven brothers, Kermit, Claude, Leo, Frank, Clifton, Floyd and Walter Manion and two sisters, Fern Perkins and Norma Faye Fronk. Mavis will be remembered for her love of the family farm, which the whole Slowensky family received recognition as a Missouri Century Farm by the College of Agriculture at the University of Missouri. Mavis loved gardening, cooking, canning and time for her family. She was a member of the Huzzah Baptist Church and had taught Sunday School and had been the song leader. Services were held Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at the Britton-Bennett Chapel with Rev. Larry Johnson officiating. Special music of "Just A Closer Walk" and "I Come To The Garden" were sung by Bro. Mike Cooper. Serving as casketbearers were David Stroud, Steven Pulley, Carl Brandt, John Perkins, Scott Manion and Joe Stein with burial and committal prayers in the Steelville Cemetery. Memorials were suggested to the Huzzah Baptist Church. All arrangements were under the direction of the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home of Steelville. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, June 1, 2006