Calhoun-Van Buren-Wexford County MI Archives Obituaries.....Slocum, Hazel VyRokie (McNees) October 20, 1991
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Battle Creek Enquirer – Oct. 22, 1991
Hazel VyRokie (McNees) Slocum
 92, of Emmett Township, died Sunday, Oct 20. 1991, in the Calhoun County 
Medical Care Facility where she had been a patient since March 1990. 
She had been in ill health since 1988.

Mrs. Slocum was the daughter of the late Lenly Moses and Annie Adaline (Hudson) McNees.

As a teenager she traveled by an ox-drawn Slocum wagon from
Buckley to Bangor and came to Battle Creek in 1936 from Bangor.
She attended school in Buckley and worked for 10 years in the packing 
department for Ralston Purina Co. until 1955.
She had attended Washington Heights United Methodist Church and Community 
Ministries and the Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, She also was a member 
of the Valentine Center, the former Loyal Order of the Moose Auxiliary in 
Battle Creek, and the Gleaners.
She enjoyed crocheting, knitting, tatting, quilting, canning, dancing, 
shuffleboard, and playing cards.
She married Howard Slocum in October 1918 in Paw Paw, He died in May 1971.
Surviving are three daughters; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren: 
11 great-great-grandchildren: and a sister.
A son, Reginald Howard Slocum, died on Dec. 8. 1984. She also was preceded in 
death by four brothers and 10 sisters.
Visitation: Alter noon today at Bachman Hebble Funeral Service with the family 
present from 4 to 6 p.m. today and I to 3 p in Wednesday.
Services: 12:30 Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joseph J. Bishtayi 
officiating.

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