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Leona Gertrude “Sis” Sleyster

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Leona Gertrude “Sis” Sleyster

Birth
Chariton County, Missouri, USA
Death
23 Feb 2001 (aged 99)
Ralls County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Perry, Ralls County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Hannibal Courier-Post (MO) - Monday, February 26, 2001
Deceased Name: Leona Gertrude (Sis) Sleyster Perry March 12, 1901 - Feb. 23, 2001
PERRY ­ Leona Gertrude (Sis) Sleyster, 99, of Perry, died at 1:40 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, at Westview Nursing Home in Center.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the Perry Baptist Church. The Rev. John Grimmett and Mary Lee Sleyster Dye will officiate. Burial will be at Lick Creek Cemetery.
There will be no visitation. The Bienhoff Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Sleyster was born March 12, 1901, in Keytesville to Julius and Julia Burns Sleyster.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews, including a niece that she raised, Mary Lee Dye of Perry.
She was preceded in death by six brothers, Chauncey Sleyster, Romey Sleyster, J.O. Sleyster, William Sleyster, Leland Sleyster and Fred Sleyster; and one sister, Iris Hurt.
Ms. Sleyster moved to Perry as a young woman but retained her membership at the Keytesville Methodist Church. She worked as a clerk at the Perry Rexall Drug Store and a cook at the Perry Cafe for many years. She was a former member of the Perry Rebekah Lodge and a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary for the Perry V.F.W. Post 4088.
Memorials may be made to the Westview Nursing Home Activity Department.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Roth, Donnie Couch, Jimmy Gough, Phil Gilmore, Tom Coomes, Clyde Oligschlaeger, Fred Scott Reynolds and Bill Harris.
Honorary pallbearers will be Verna Levings, Veda Couch, Verda Roth, Bill and Francis Yancey, Dorothy Williams, Wilson Lane, Lorene Turner, Glenn Diffenderfer and John Hawkins.
Hannibal Courier-Post (MO) - Monday, February 26, 2001
Deceased Name: Leona Gertrude (Sis) Sleyster Perry March 12, 1901 - Feb. 23, 2001
PERRY ­ Leona Gertrude (Sis) Sleyster, 99, of Perry, died at 1:40 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, at Westview Nursing Home in Center.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the Perry Baptist Church. The Rev. John Grimmett and Mary Lee Sleyster Dye will officiate. Burial will be at Lick Creek Cemetery.
There will be no visitation. The Bienhoff Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Sleyster was born March 12, 1901, in Keytesville to Julius and Julia Burns Sleyster.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews, including a niece that she raised, Mary Lee Dye of Perry.
She was preceded in death by six brothers, Chauncey Sleyster, Romey Sleyster, J.O. Sleyster, William Sleyster, Leland Sleyster and Fred Sleyster; and one sister, Iris Hurt.
Ms. Sleyster moved to Perry as a young woman but retained her membership at the Keytesville Methodist Church. She worked as a clerk at the Perry Rexall Drug Store and a cook at the Perry Cafe for many years. She was a former member of the Perry Rebekah Lodge and a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary for the Perry V.F.W. Post 4088.
Memorials may be made to the Westview Nursing Home Activity Department.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Roth, Donnie Couch, Jimmy Gough, Phil Gilmore, Tom Coomes, Clyde Oligschlaeger, Fred Scott Reynolds and Bill Harris.
Honorary pallbearers will be Verna Levings, Veda Couch, Verda Roth, Bill and Francis Yancey, Dorothy Williams, Wilson Lane, Lorene Turner, Glenn Diffenderfer and John Hawkins.


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