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 Florence
Slightom
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[February 16, 2017]
Florence
Slightom passed away quietly in Springfield Memorial Hospital on
Friday, February 10. She was born on February 28, 1921, to Charles
Paul and Mary (Steagall) O’Neal in Ozark, Illinois.
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Service:
A small memorial service with just immediate family
is planned for the future.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Florence Slightom passed away quietly in Springfield
Memorial Hospital on Friday, February 10. She was
born on February 28, 1921, to Charles Paul and Mary
(Steagall) O’Neal in Ozark, Illinois.
Florence was married to Dr. John Slightom, former
optometrist and mayor of Harrisburg. They spent many
years raising their children there. She was active
in the local chapter of P.E.O., the First Baptist
Church choir, and many other community and social
groups.
Mrs. Slightom received her B.S. in Education from
SIUC (then S.I. Normal College) with a concentration
in English and music. She enjoyed teaching English
and reading at Malan Junior High in the late
60’s/early ‘70’s.
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Florence was preceded in death by her parents;
husband; son John Paul; two brothers, Jim and
Charles O’Neal; and son-in-law, Fred Whitlatch. She
is survived by her brother Rayburn; her children,
Mary Ann (Rich) Morris; Jim (Mesha) Slightom; and
Debby Whitlatch, eight grandchildren, four
great-grandchildren, and a special friend, Fred
Harvey (Marion).
She wanted her body to be donated to science and
then cremated, with the ashes to be joined with her
husband’s in the future. A small memorial service
with just immediate family is planned for the
future. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that
donations be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois or
the charity of the donor’s choice.
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