Wilma CHAPMAN

Wilma CHAPMAN

Female 1922 - 2009  (87 years)

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  • Name Wilma CHAPMAN  [2
    • Wilma F. Slawson, 87, of Amarillo died Sunday, July 12, 2009.

      Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St., with the Rev. Robert Field officiating. Burial will be in Penwell Gable Cemetery in Topeka, Kan.

      Wilma was born April 3, 1922, in Wilson County, Kan. She married Lewis Leroy Slawson on Nov. 29, 1942. They moved to Amarillo in 1957.

      She was one of the 99 original founding members of Kingswood Methodist Church. She retired as manager of food services at Fannin Junior High School after more than 20 years of service.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Leroy Slawson; two sisters; and a brother.

      Survivors include a daughter, Jana Moore and husband Wayne of Amarillo; a grandson, Daryl Lewis Moore and wife Tonia; two great-grandsons, Ethan and Eli Moore; twin great-granddaughters, Hayli and Ashli Moore; three stepgrandchildren, Sheri Burns, Steve Moore and Scott Moore; six stepgreat-grandchildren; two stepgreat-great-grandchildren; a sister, Verta Chandler of Buffalo, Kan.; and many nieces and nephews.

      The family suggests memorials be to Georgia Manor Nursing Home, 2611 W. 46th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79110-1735.

      Leave online condolences at www.mem.com.

      Amarillo Globe-News, July 13, 2009

      Posted on Find A Grave
      Created by: Kenneth D. Bogard [1]
    Birth 3 Apr 1922  [1
    Gender Female 
    Fact Daughter of J.O. Chapman Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 12 Jul 2009  Amarillo, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I10814  Main Tree
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2016 

    Family Lewis LeRoy SLAWSON,   b. 24 Feb 1918, McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1975, Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 29 Nov 1942  Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F24110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Jul 2009 - Amarillo, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Lewis Leroy Slawson and Wilma F. Chapman Headstone
    Lewis Leroy Slawson and Wilma F. Chapman Headstone
    Lewis L., the son of Swift Ray Ferguson Slawson and Mary Irene Shrader, and his wife Wilma F. Chapman are buried in the Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum in Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas.

    Created by: Larry & Nancy Brooks
    Created by: Kenneth D. Bogard
    Photo Added by: Ceb


  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.