Elsie M Sloan

Elsie M. Sloan

Elsie M. Sloan, 90, 1035 S.E. Third, real estate broker and owner of Sloan Real Estate, where she started in 1955 and retired in 1985, died Sunday (May 2, 1999) at Kansas Christian Home.

She was born Sept. 27, 1908, in Cherokee, Okla., to Ezra Lee and Ida Alice (Lehman) Gibson. She married Delmar J. Sloan Nov. 4, 1928, in Enid, Okla. He preceded her in death Feb. 4, 1988.

She was a member of First Christian Church and a charter member of the local branch of Soroptimist International, serving as president from 1967 to 1968, and the Mail Clerks Auxiliary.

She enjoyed painting, knitting, gardening and her roses.

Survivors include: one son, Herbert Sloan Sr., of Wichita; two daughters, Imogene M. Bueker of Newton and Patricia Ann Osborne of Commerce City, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She also was preceded in death by six brothers, Charley Gibson, Ernest Gibson, Floyd Gibson, Glenn Gibson, Russel Gibson and Wilbur Gibson; and one sister, Mable Gibson.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Christian Church in Newton with the Rev. MyCherie Zimmerman officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn Gardens of Memory.

Friends may call until 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Petersen Funeral Home.

Memorials have been established with Fellowship of John of the Kansas Christian Home in care of the funeral home.