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HARTSBURG -- Martha L. Sloan, 89, of Hartsburg died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, at 12:40 p.m. at Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.

Her funeral was Wednesday morning at St. John's Lutheran Church, with the Rev. David Russell officiating. Visitation preceded the service.

Burial is in Hartsburg Union Cemetery.

Arrangements were handled by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mrs. Sloan had been a cook at Williamsville Grade School and High School.

She was born June 1, 1916, at Atlanta to Nanke and Tena Conrady Klockenga. She married Stephen E. "Bud" Sloan in Lincoln on Oct. 15, 1939.

She is survived by her husband, of Hartsburg; two sons, Jim (and Carol) Sloan of Lincoln and William Lee (and Barbara) Sloan of Sherman; one daughter, Frances "Fran" Petersen of Lincoln; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son, Paul Edward Sloan; one daughter, Joyce Seaman Detmers; and three brothers.

She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and an avid quilter with a group at the church.

Memorials may be made to her church.

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