1 Lenna Retha Whitaker on: 10/16/1919 Children: - Delbert Mark Sloyer
Siblings: - Vera Mae Sloyer
- Elsie Vernet Sloyer
- Eva Lima Sloyer
- Meta Imo Sloyer
| Born:Lyon Co., KS Baptism: Place: Sponsors: Died: Wichita, KS Burial:Maplewood Cemetery; Emporia, Kansas Notes: Obituary of Jess E. Sloyer, Emporia Gazette, February 26, 1977, p. 2, co l. 1
Sloyer Services Set
Funeral services for Jesse E. Sloyer, 630 Walnut St., who died Thursd ay in St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, will be held Tuesday afterno on at 2 o'clock in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett chapel. The Rev. Judd H. Jone s, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate and buri al will be in Maplewood cemetery.
The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Hetlinger Developme ntal Center.
Jesse E, Sloyer was a lifetime resident of Lyon County, and for more th an 40 years was owner of the S. and S. Feed and Coal Company. He retir ed in 1952. He was born in the Maxson neighborhood, north of Emporia, Ju ly 14, 1896, the son of John Marcus and Clara Zimmerman Sloyer. On Oct. 1 6, 1919, he married Lenna R. Whitaker in Emporia. Mr. Sloyer was a veter an of World War I and a 50-year member of Ball-McColm American Legion Pos t. He was also a 50-year member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
Survivors include his wife; one son Delbert Sloyer, Wichita; one sister, M eta Sims, Wichita; two grandchildren, Mark and Judy Sloyer of Palms, Calif .; and one great-grandchild, Jeffrey Sloyer of Palms. He was preced ed in death by three sisters, Vera Hill, Elsie Romesburg, and Eva Black. |