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- The News Times, Newport, OR March 2, 2007. Sharon Sue Slatten, 70, of Toledo died Feb. 17 2007. She was born in 1937 in Vernon, Texas to Faye and Roy Larimore. When her stepfather, Ben Holliday, was stationed in the United Kingdom, she attended London Central High School in Bushy Park. She met and married a U.S. Air Force sergeant stationed at RAF Station Greenham Common on June 18, 1955. Sue loved to settle in with a good book, watch a great football game, or create something special in her painting room. She would scour antique shops looking for just the right object to decorate. An excellent cook, one of her favorite times of the year was Thanksgiving when the family would gather for the big meal. For many years, she worked in the delivery room at Mercy San Juan and the Roseville Community Hospital; she loved working with newborn babies. Sue and Bob spent the spring and summer traveling up and down the Pacific Coast, and into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, with their German Shepherd, "Sarge," along for the ride. During her lifetime, Sue was a great many things, from wife and homemaker to parent, college student, registered nurse, a small business owner, traveler, and artist. Her family and friends will remember her not only for all that she did and all that she was, but for all that she gave, beginning and ending with simple, unconditional love. Sue was preceded in death by her mother and birth father. She is survived by her husband of more than 51 years, Robert Slatten; daughter Jeri Moser; sons, Robert Slatten III and David Slatten; sisters Norma Cormier and Bennie Bledsoe; five granddaughters, Raquel Ferguson, Brigitte Ferguson, Ashley Moser, Mariah Moser, and Betsy Slatten; and a great-grandson, Jacob Bell. Her family expressed their deep gratitude for all those associated in her cancer treatment who greatly increased her quality of life. Remembrances may be made in Sue's name to the Samaritan Regional Cancer Center, P.O. Box 1068, Corvallis, OR, 97330; Samaritan Pacific Hospice, P.O. Box 945, Newport, OR, 97365; or the Outpatient Treatment Center, PCHD Foundation, 930 SW Abbey St., Newport, OR, 97365.. ***************************************** Sharon Sue (Larimore) Slatten (56) From her husband: Sharon Sue Slatten, of Toledo, Oregon, left us on 2/17/07. Born in Vernon, Texas in 1937, the daughter of the late Faye and Roy Larimore. . When her stepfather, Ben Holliday, was stationed in the UK, she attended London Central High School in Bushy Park she met and then married a US Air Force sergeant stationed at RAF Station Greenham Common on June 18, 1955. She is survived by her husband of 51+ years, Robert Slatten, and three children, daughter Jeri Moser, and sons, Robert Slatten and David Slatten, five granddaughters, Raquel, Brigitte, Ashley, Mariah, and Betsy, and a great-grandson, Jacob. She is also survived by her sisters, Norma Cormier and Bennie Bledsoe.. A wonderful wife and mother, Sue loved to settle in with a good book, watch a great football game, or create something special in her painting room. She would scour antique shops looking for just the right object to decorate. An excellent cook, one of her favorite times of the year was Thanksgiving when the family would gather for the big meal. For many years, she worked in the delivery room at Mercy San Juan and the Roseville Community Hospital; she loved working with newborn babies. Sue and Bob spent the spring and summer traveling up and down the Pacific Coast, and into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, with their German Shephard, Sarge, along for the ride. . During her lifetime, Sue Slatten was a great many things, from wife and homemaker to parent, college student to Registered Nurse, a small business owner, traveler, and artist. Now that she has left us, her family and friends remember her, not only for all that she did, and all that she was, but for all that she gave us, beginning and ending with simple, unconditional love.. Remembrances may be made in her name to the Samaritan Regional Cancer Center, P.O. Box 1068, Corvallis, OR, 97330; Samaritan Pacific Hospice, P.O. Box 945, Newport, OR, 97365; or the Outpatient Treatment Center, PCHD Foundation, 930 SW Abbey St., Newport, OR, 97365. All those associated in her cancer treatment greatly increased her quality of life and to whom we will be forever grateful. .
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1937 - 2007 (69 years)
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