In Memory
Leland W. Slates
CASSOPOLIS—Funeral services for Leland W. Slates, 51, Rt. 2, who died Friday, Nov 25, 1966, in Lee Memorial Hospital, Dowagiac, will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Connelly Funeral Home, Cassopolis, with Rev. Joseph Wood, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silver-b r o o k Cemetery in Niles. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born Dec. 20, 1914, in South Bend. He had been a watchmaker and jeweler and came to Cassopolis.in 1940.
On. Oct 18, 1941, in South Bend, he married Evelyn Gerard, who survives, in addition to a son, Robert L., at home; his mother, Mrs. Blanche Whiteman Slates of South Bend; two brothers, Wilbur Slates of Pewaukee, Wis. and R. R. Slates of Fort Atkinson, Wis., and a sister, Mrs. Purdue Gordon of South Bend.
Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, and FindAGrave.com
02/09/2024 EJS
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61825929/leland_william_slates
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