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Re: Oscar & Ida Sledge/Obit results
Posted by: Alma (ID *****3837) Date: November 30, 2004 at 16:27:50
In Reply to: Re: Obituary Lookup by Denise Karr of 147

Denise,

I was able to find Oscar and wife Ida...it wasn't until I got home and did a little searching that I found the daughter Ollie Ruark died March 1, 1999..her obituary apperared in the Merced Sun Star on March 3, if you'd like a copy of her obit I can pick it up tomorrow or the next day...hope this helps...Alma

(FYI = Asphodel Cemetery is located in the Merced District Cemetery)

CADeath Index
Last_Name First_Name Middle_Name B_yr B_mo B_dy Mothers_Last_Name Fathers_Last_Name Sex Bp County_of_Death D_yr D_mo D_dy Age idno
RUARK OLLIE MAE 1911 06 08 POLK SLEDGE FEMALE AR MERCED 1999 03 01 87

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Merced Sun Star, Merced, CA., Tuesday, March 2, 1976, page 23

Obituaries

Oscar Sledge

Services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn for Oscar Sledge, 89, a Merced resident for 35 years who died Sunday in a local hospital following a lengthy illness.

Rev. Charles Hoffmeister of Central Presbyterian Church will conduct services for Mr. Sledge, who lived at 217 E. 23rd St. Burial will be in Asphodel Cemetery.

A gin operator for 35 years, Mr. Sledge is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ollie Ruark, Merced; two granddaughters, four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
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(Same page)
Funeral Notice
Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Homes

SLEDGE: In Merced, February 29, 1976, Oscar Sledge, father of Mrs. Ollie Ruark; grandfather of Mrs. LaVonne Asher, and Mrs. Ruth Reynolds; also survived by four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Wednesday, March 3rd at 3:00 p.m. in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn. Rev. Charles Hoffmeister, of the Central Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the Asphodel Cemetery.
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Merced Sun Star, Merced, CA., Monday, Dec 28, 1970, page 25.

Obituaries

Ida Sledge

Services will be held in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. for Mrs. Ida Bell Sledge, 78, who died in a Turlock hospital Saturday.

Mrs. Sledge, who was born on Arkansas, had resided here four years. She leaves her husband, Oscar Sledge, 2416 S. St.; a daughter, Mrs. Ollie Ruaruk of Long Beach; two granddaughters and four great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in the Asphodel Cemetery.


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