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| Wallace Eugene Sloan |
Wally was raised in Cushing, Oklahoma and attended high school there. He helped his father farm for a while before leaving school early to join the United States Navy. Wally served in the US Navy from 1943-1945 and was in the reserves until being fully discharge in 1946. While in the Navy, he was a Navy Sea-Bee and was stationed in Okinawa and Guam during WWII. Following his time in the service, Wally began a career pipelining throughout the United States. In 1954 Wally and Maxine came home to Nevada to live and in 1965 began a career in heavy equipment projects for farms and conservation areas. He was a craftsman who built and repaired his own construction equipment. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Nevada. Wally enjoyed woodworking, his paint horses, and time spent on his farm. He especially loved spending time with his family.
In addition to his wife Maxine, he is survived by two children, Ron Sloan and his wife Karen, Nevada, Connie Barker and her husband Jim, Nevada; two grandchildren, Veronica Prough and her husband Deland, Schell City, Jason Sloan, Colorado Springs, CO; two great-grandchildren, Jaxon Prough, and Weston Prough; sisters, Donna McAffee and her husband Wilburn, Tulsa, OK, Helen Blankenship and her husband Donald, Catoosa, OK; brother-in-law, Bill Carlini and his wife Glenda, Nevada, sister-in-law, Frances Sloan, Muskogee, OK; numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, Buford Sloan.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 17, 2017 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 1-2:00 p.m. prior to the service.
