Slaven, Bernice Ola Bever

Passed:

Age: 60

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1963-03-01

Information: LONG ILLNESS PROVES FATAL - Mrs. Bernice Ola Slaven, 60-year old wife of Ripley merchant Glen Slaven, died Saturday morning in a hospital in Gallipolis, where she was taken on Thursday.  She had been in failing health for several years and on Thursday had suffered a stroke from which she never rallied.  She was born August 20, 1903 at Medina and was a daughter of the late Earnest and Ollie Devaul Bever.  She was a member of the Methodist church.  In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Lee Slaven, Ripley; four daughters, Mrs. Jeanie Casto, Ripley, Miss Jo Ann Slaven, at home, Mrs. Evelyn Shinn and Mrs. Betty Critchfield, St. Albans.  Two sisters, Mrs. Tracy Kittle, Sandyville and Mrs. Wayne Stallings, Cuyahoga Falls, O.; four brothers, Delbert Bever, Sandyville, Kenneth Bever, Wheeling, Ray and Naamon Bever, Parkersburg.  The funeral service was held at the Ripley Methodist church on Monday with Rev. Paul Beal officiating and burial with the Parsons funeral directors in charge was in the Ravenswood cemetery.