Obit of Slate, Geneva Marie - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 30 Oct 2005 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Slate Shipley Jenkins Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1360 Geneva Marie Slate Geneva Marie Slate, 73, of Davis died Oct. 16, 2005. A memorial service was held at the First Baptist Church Wednesday (today) at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. James Densman officiating. Mrs. Slate was born May 14, 1932, in Grove County, Kan., to Warren Floyd and Ethel Mae (Jenkins) Shipley. She married Leland Walter Slate on June 23, 1947, at Lakin, Kan. She was a registered nurse for 25 years, living in Kansas and Wyoming many of these years. Her hobbies were crocheting, sewing and upholstering. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lakin, until moving to Davis in May 2005. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Floyd Shipley, and two sisters, Virginia Jewel and Freida Hamblin. She is survived by her husband of the home; three children, Lee Slate of Davis, Garry Slate of Lakin and Becky Brayboy of Sellersburg, Ind.; three brothers, Kenneth Shipley of Benton City, Wash., Boyd Shipley of Gig Harbour, Wash., and Dale Roy Shipley of Roseburg, Ore.; two sisters, Juanita Friend of Orchards, Wash., and Alma Wright of Wasilla, Ark., eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cross Timbers Hospice, First Baptist Church of Davis or Burford Manor Nursing Home. Krien Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm