Clarion County PA Archives Obituaries.....SLOAN 1865-1944, Rose G March 7, 1944 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jane Dunkle gene.bjd@westpa.net August 13, 2005, 7:13 am Leader Vindicator 1944 Mrs Rose G. Sloan, 79 , died at her home in Clarion at 4:10 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, 1944, following a heart attack. A descendant of the first white child born in Clarion county, she was born in Clarion August 15, 1865, a daughter of J.L. and Mary Guthrie. In 1882 she married Squire William H. Sloan, and had lived in clarion her entire life. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church, the Order of Eastern Star and was an honorary member of the American LegIon auxiliary. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Anna Mae Beatty, Samuel J. and John E. Sloan of Clarion, Alice M. Sloan of Chicago, Ill,; Edward G. Sloan of New Gulf, Texas; Mrs. Elizabeth Grotefend of New Kensington, and William R. Sloan of Buffalo, N.Y. She is also survived by four sisters, Alice, Harriette, Sarah and Nettie Guthrie of Denver, Colorado. Mrs Sloan was preceded in death by her husband and three children. One son, Robert, died in service during World War I. A funeral service was held at the family home at 2:30 p.m. last Friday with the Rev. Roy Blair, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, in charge. Interment was made in the Clarion cemetery. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb