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Submitted: 12/24/21 • Approved: 12/24/21 • Last Updated: 12/27/21 • R475179-G0-S3
1904-1993
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
Obituary
Lester Eugene Slaten, 88, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1993, in Spearman.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, February 22, 1993 in the First Baptist church. Rev. Robert Helsley, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Slaten born in Justin, moved to Wheeler County at an early age. He married Gladys Barber in 1927 in Wheeler. She died in 1963. He then married Jennie Carter in 1965, at Clarendon. She died in 1987. He moved in 1945 to Amarillo, where he was employed by Tim Chemical Co. and the Amarillo Police Department for 10 years. He was self employed until retiring in 1968. He later returned to Wheeler and was a member of First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by two sons.
Survivors include a son, Chester Slaten of Amarillo; a daughter, Stella Elizabeth Stork of Amarillo; a brother, Frank Slaten of Pampa; a sister, Mildred Kingle of Amarillo; three grandsons; and three great grandsons.
Pallbearers were Gary Davis, Tony Griffin, Harvey Puryear, Bud Selby, Kevin Slaten, Jack Wood.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 59, Number 12, Thursday, February 25, 1993, Page 1)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Lester Eugene Slaten
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 37
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1904
Birth Place: Forreston, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Employer: Roy Easlinger
Weight: 165
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5 7
Next of Kin: Gladys Slaten
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Lester Eugene Slaten Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lester Slaten
Death Date: 19 Feb 1993
Death County: Hansford
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Lester E. Slaten
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1904
Issue year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79081, Spearman, Hansford, Texas, USA
Death Date: 19 Feb 1993
Contributed on 12/24/21
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Record #: 475179