Obituary of SLATER, C. Warren  Barber County, KS 1997

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C. Warren Slater
Aug. 18, 1910 - March 31, 1997
C. Warren Slater died March 31, 1997, at his home in Tubac, Ariz.
He is remembered by his wife Jane as epitomizing the eternal optimist for being 
"an 80 year-old man planting acorns." Mr. Slater was born in Hale, Mo., Aug. 
18, 1910, to William Slater and Frances Fergerson and moved to his beloved 
Flint Hills in Kansas while still a young boy.
Mr. Slater began his first tree nursery in Medicine Lodge, before founding the 
Ponderosa Nursery in Boulder, Colo., which he and his wife operated for 15 
years before moving to Colby, in 1978 to begin a wholesale nursery. He retired 
in 1995 when he moved to Tubac, Ariz.
Everywhere he lived, trees flourish as a living monument to his love and 
dedication - from those trees struggling by the side of the road he stopped to 
"doctor" to those planted while landscaping residential and commercial 
properties.
Mr. Slater served in the Navy during WW II and was a member of the American 
Legion. The American Nurseryman's Association, and was a Mason.
Preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters, his is survived by his 
wife of 35 years, Jane, a daughter Fontelle Slater of Los Angeles, 
stepdaughters - Nancy Hilliard, New Hampshire, Mary Jo Hilliard, Puerto Rico, 
Patricia Hilliard, Emmons, Alaska, Barbar Hilliard, Vermont: seven 
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to the Carondelet Hospice Services, 
1055 LaCanada Dr., Green Valley, Ariz. or the Tubac-Tumacacori Fire Dept. 2227 
E. Frontage Rd. Tuback, Ariz. 85696. In addition, a fitting tribute would be to 
plant a tree in his memory.

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