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November 4, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 at 11 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Lena "Lee" Slater (nee VanderHorn), age 82, of Wayne lost her long courageous battle with cancer on Sunday November 4, 2007. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her daugther, son, sister, and many other loving family members. Lee loved music and in her final moments, her nephews played guitars and sang to her.
She was born in Passaic, growing up in Clifton and Garfield. While in Garfield, she met the love of her life, Roy Slater, while roller skating. They married in 1946, and spent 61 wonderful years together. They had four children, which they started raising in Hawthorne before moving to Wayne in 1959. She was a very devoted mother, wife, and homemaker. When her husband retired 23 years ago, they became ‘snow-birds’; spending six months of the year in Port Charlotte, Florida and six months in Wayne.
Lee was an avid bowler and member of the T-Bowl "Guys & Dolls" league. She continued to bowl with her husband each year while living in Florida. Bingo and baseball were her two other favorite pasttimes. She made sure to catch each and every Mets game on television, no matter how badly she felt.
Her children remember fun times growing up, especially roller skating every Tuesday with mom and dad at the roller rink in Paramus; their mother was an excellent skater. Summer memories were made in Wildwood Crest where the family would rent a house every summer. Lee continued to go to Wildwood, setting up a camper at the Ocean View Camp Ground and spending the entire summer there with her husband. Family gatherings at their home in Wayne were also fun-filled. Lee has a very large family; at a small gathering you could find no less than twenty or thirty cars in the street and countless aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She is survived by her husband Roy, four children; Sharon Tant and her husband Jack of Wayne, NJ; Donald Slater of Hewitt, NJ; George Slater and his wife Diane of Highland Lakes, NJ; and Roy Slater Jr. and his wife Esther of Broomfield, CO. Eleven grandchildren; Ryan and Christopher Tant of Wayne, NJ; Scott Tant of Eugene, OR; Donald Junior and Brian Slater of Hewitt, NJ; Jennifer Florio of Vernon, NJ; Stephen Slater of Highland Lakes, NJ; Roy III and Amy Slater of Broomfield, CO; Kimberly Wolfe of Brighton, CO; George Slater of Kalamazoo, MI; Two sisters; Marilyn Scarpa of Clifton, NJ and Elsie Reinalda of Tennessee. Four brothers; Clarence, Thomas, Hubert, and Aaron VanderHorn, all of Port Charlotte, Florida. Six great-grandchildren and countless nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by one brother, John VanderHorn, who was also of Port Charlotte, Florida.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Chilton Memorial Cancer Center, 97 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 would be appreciated. A donation form can be printed here by clicking on "print out donation form" and that form should be mailed in with your gift.
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Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 at 11 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
November 4, 2007
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 at 11 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Lena "Lee" Slater (nee VanderHorn), age 82, of Wayne lost her long courageous battle with cancer on Sunday November 4, 2007. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her daugther, son, sister, and many other loving family members. Lee loved music and in her final moments, her nephews played guitars and sang to her.
She was born in Passaic, growing up in Clifton and Garfield. While in Garfield, she met the love of her life, Roy Slater, while roller skating. They married in 1946, and spent 61 wonderful years together. They had four children, which they started raising in Hawthorne before moving to Wayne in 1959. She was a very devoted mother, wife, and homemaker. When her husband retired 23 years ago, they became ‘snow-birds’; spending six months of the year in Port Charlotte, Florida and six months in Wayne.
Lee was an avid bowler and member of the T-Bowl "Guys & Dolls" league. She continued to bowl with her husband each year while living in Florida. Bingo and baseball were her two other favorite pasttimes. She made sure to catch each and every Mets game on television, no matter how badly she felt.
Her children remember fun times growing up, especially roller skating every Tuesday with mom and dad at the roller rink in Paramus; their mother was an excellent skater. Summer memories were made in Wildwood Crest where the family would rent a house every summer. Lee continued to go to Wildwood, setting up a camper at the Ocean View Camp Ground and spending the entire summer there with her husband. Family gatherings at their home in Wayne were also fun-filled. Lee has a very large family; at a small gathering you could find no less than twenty or thirty cars in the street and countless aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She is survived by her husband Roy, four children; Sharon Tant and her husband Jack of Wayne, NJ; Donald Slater of Hewitt, NJ; George Slater and his wife Diane of Highland Lakes, NJ; and Roy Slater Jr. and his wife Esther of Broomfield, CO. Eleven grandchildren; Ryan and Christopher Tant of Wayne, NJ; Scott Tant of Eugene, OR; Donald Junior and Brian Slater of Hewitt, NJ; Jennifer Florio of Vernon, NJ; Stephen Slater of Highland Lakes, NJ; Roy III and Amy Slater of Broomfield, CO; Kimberly Wolfe of Brighton, CO; George Slater of Kalamazoo, MI; Two sisters; Marilyn Scarpa of Clifton, NJ and Elsie Reinalda of Tennessee. Four brothers; Clarence, Thomas, Hubert, and Aaron VanderHorn, all of Port Charlotte, Florida. Six great-grandchildren and countless nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by one brother, John VanderHorn, who was also of Port Charlotte, Florida.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Chilton Memorial Cancer Center, 97 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 would be appreciated. A donation form can be printed here by clicking on "print out donation form" and that form should be mailed in with your gift.
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