THE PANTAGRAPH BLOOMINGTON, IL NOVEMBER 11, 1997 Pg. B6 FISHER: The funeral of Violet Mae Sloat, 68, of Fisher, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, IL. Burial will be in Willowbrook Cemetery in Fisher, IL. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
She died at 6:58 p.m. Saturday (November 8, 1997) in a car accident at Yeehaw Junction, FL.
Memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. She was born November 30, 1928, at Gibson City, the daughter of Roy and Hazel (Hinds) Lowery. She married Loyd H. Sloat on April 25, 1948, at Gibson City. He survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Steve Sloat and Stanley (Jeanne) Sloat, all of Fisher; two daughters, Phyllis Sloat, Champaign, and Jayne (Glenn) Hart, of St. Louis; five grandchildren; two brothers, William Lowery, Gibson City, and Ross Lowery, Urbana; and two sisters, Jessie Davis, Gibson City, and Mary Coons, Monmouth.
One brother, one sister and her parents preceded her in death.
She lived in Fisher since 1952, and was formerly of Gibson City. She worked for the Eisner grocery store in Rantoul for 17 years. Find A Grave: accessed 11 March 2020), memorial page for Violet Mae Lowery Sloat (30 Nov 1928–8 Nov 1997), Find A Grave: Memorial #62338281, citing Willowbrook Cemetery, Fisher, Champaign County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie Koke (contributor 46798294) .
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