Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Slike,  William W. Sr.,     May 19, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News from 5/19/2008 - 5/20/2008
  Slike Sr., William W.    
   
   
  William W. Slike Sr., 89, 615 S. Seventh Street, Lebanon, died Monday, May 19, 
  2008, in the Lebanon Good Samaritan Hospital. He was the husband of the late 
  Louella M. Moudy Slike, who died May 9, 2007. He was born in Lebanon on June 4, 
  1918, son of the late Floyd W. and Goldie E. Whitcraft Slike. He was a retired 
  self-employed painting and wallpaper contractor. He was an active member of 
  Covenant United Methodist Church, Lebanon, where he served on the trustees, 
  administrative council building committee, active in many Sunday school 
  positions, president of usher group, had managed the softball team, bowled on 
  several church leagues. He and his late wife hosted a Bible study group in 
  their home for many years, and were active in the resettlement of Vietnam 
  refugees, and have lifetime friendships with those they help, with even today 
  were respectfully addressed as Mom and Pop. In his younger years, he was active 
  in sports, playing baseball, softball and bowled. He was well known in the 
  Lebanon area in the amateur baseball league as a catcher, and played on the 
  1940 Lebanon Bicentennial All Star Team. He was inducted into the Lebanon 
  District Bowling Hall of Fame. He and his late wife were also active in Cub 
  Scouts, serving as Lebanon's district and assistant district commissioners for 
  many years. He was formerly an active fireman for the Goodwill Fire Co. He had 
  also worked for the Bethlehem Steel Corp. and the Lebanon Daily News. Surviving 
  are a son, William W. Slike Jr. and wife Fay of Myerstown; grandson William W. 
  Slike III and wife Amy of Fishers, Ind.; greatgranddaughter Shelayna, wife of 
  Jeremy Johnson of Fishers, Ind.; sisters Bertha Burke of Lebanon, Verna Henning 
  of Lebanon; brother Floyd Slike and wife Theresa of Pueblo, Colo.; nieces; 
  nephews; and his Vietnamese family Thanh, Nhan, Henry, Lein, Houng, Dung Nguyen 
  and their families. He was preceded in death by sisters Ada Curtin, Kathryn 
  Boyer, Dorothy McMinn; and brother Paul Slike. Funeral services Thursday at 2 
  p.m., Covenant United Methodist Church, North Ninth and Church streets, 
  Lebanon, where a viewing will be held Thursday beginning at 1 p.m. Interment 
  Ebenezer "Covenant" Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to 
  Covenant UM Church, 346 N. Ninth St., Lebanon 17046. The Rohland Funeral Home 
  Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News from 5/19/2008 - 5/20/2008.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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