Monday, May 19th, 2008
Sharon Sloan
Celina native Sharon D. Sloan, 63, of Kettlersville, died at 1:30 p.m. May 16, 2008, at Heritage Manor Nursing Center, Minster.
She was born Nov. 30, 1944, in Celina, to Albert E. Brotherwood and Betty J. Dunlap, and was raised by her grandparents, John "Jack" and Ada Brotherwood. Her stepmother, Wilma Brotherwood, survives in St. Marys. On July 20, 1963, she married Charles W. Sloan, who survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Robert, Beavercreek, and David, Kettlersville; four daughters, Cheri (Randy) Scheer, New Bremen, Donna Loggains, Greenville, Bonnie Jo Rhoads, Jackson Center, and Barbara Sloan, Kettlersville; three brothers, Donald (Mary Ann) Brotherwood, Robert (Pamula) Brotherwood and John (Rosie) Brotherwood, all of St. Marys; three sisters, Grace (Jack) Ball, Connie (Lynn) Wentz and Delores (Charles) Miller, all of St. Marys; and seven grandchildren.
Deceased are a daughter, Ruth Ann Sloan; and a sister, Caroline Lunz.
She was a homemaker. She attended Immanuel United Church of Christ in Kettlersville, and was a former member of the Kettlersville-Van Buren Fire Dept. Auxiliary.
Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Charles Moeller officiating. Burial is at the Schwaberow Cemetery, Kettlersville.
Calling is 3-8 P.M. Tuesday and one hour prior to services Wednesday at the church.
Contributions can be made to Grand Lake Home Health and Hospice, St. Marys.
Arrangements are being handled by Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home, New Bremen.
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