Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sloane, William Sr February 14, 1940
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot February 15, 1940 

                 WILLIAM SLOANE SUCCUMBS AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

           Widely Known in Business and Civic Leader Here for Years

William Sloane, aged 71, for many years a widely known figure in the business 
and civic life of Norfolk, died yesterday afternoon at 5:10 o'clock at his home, 
The Hermitage, in Lochaven, after a few days' illness.
Funeral services will be held at the residence Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, 
with the Rev. George P. Gunn, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, 
Meadowbrook, officiating.  Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Born in New York City, Mr. Sloane was the son of William and Margaret Sloane.  
He came to Norfolk about 40 years ago, and in that period became associated with 
a large number of business enterprises as an officer or director.  He was 
president of William Sloane & Company, Inc., operators of several knitting mills 
in the Norfolk and Portsmouth area, among his other business activities.  He 
also built the Wainwright Building, which formerly was leased to the Seaboard 
Air Line Railway.
Surviving Mr. Sloane are his wife, Mrs. Florence K. Sloane, two sons, William 
Sloane, Jr. and Edwin K. Sloane, and one grandchild.

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