This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SLINGERLAND, BILLINGTON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1436 Message Board Post: Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) May 11, 1995 Edition: FINAL / ALL Section: METRO Page: 9B ALYCE BILLINGTON, 89, WAS INVOLVED YEARS WITH LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS Dateline: NORTHFIELD Alyce Slingerland Billington became involved with the League of Women Voters while she lived in East Cleveland and maintained her interest for decades. She was an officer of local chapters in three states. She most recently served as first vice president of the affiliate in Hudson Village. Mrs. Billington, who lived in Northfield, volunteered at the Canal Visitor's Center of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area until about three years ago, when her health would not permit it. Mrs. Billington died Sunday at the Wyant Wood Care Center in Fairlawn. She was 89. She was born in Bradford, Pa., and graduated from Glenville High School in Cleveland. She worked for a time at University Hospitals. Mrs. Billington served as president of the East Cleveland League of Women Voters while she lived in the community with her first husband, Floyd J. St. Clair. He was a musician who died in 1951. She later married Dan Billington, an engineer. They moved to New York City where Mrs. Billington chaired a League of Women Voters branch in Manhattan. They later lived in Charlotte, N.C., where she was a local officer. When her husband retired, they moved back to Ohio and settled in Northfield about 1973. Mrs. Billington was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She belonged to the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Hudson Village. Mrs. Billington was active with the United Methodist Church of Macedonia. She helped establish joint meals with nearby churches on holidays. A daughter, Alyce St. Clair Billington, died in 1982. Mrs. Billington is survived by daughters, Nancy Jean Wilson of San Jose, Calif., and Dr. Peggy-Jeanne St. Clair of Cleveland; a stepson, John H. Billington of Perth Amboy, N.J.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the United Methodist Church of Macedonia, 1280 E. Aurora Rd., Macedonia. Arrangements are being handled by the Brown-Forward funeral home of Shaker Heights.