Roy A. SLAUSON

Roy A. SLAUSON

Male 1887 - 1959  (72 years)

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  • Name Roy A. SLAUSON  [1, 2, 3
    • THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS
      Monticello, Iowa
      Thursday, Oct. 1, 1959

      OBITUARIES

      ROY A. SLAUSON

      HOPKINTON--Roy A. Slauson, 72, a retired farmer of the Sand Springs area who has made his hoe in Hopkinton for seven years, died Sunday morning at 6 a.m. in the Monticello hospital, following a long illness. He had been hospitalized two days.
      Funeral services were held at St. Luke's Ctholic Church, Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. Rev. Leo O'Connell officiated. Burial was in Sacred Heart cemetery at Monticello.
      Born on a farm east of Sand Springs, Jan. 12, 1887, he was a son of pioneer settlers Douglas and Alice Cummings Slauson. He attended Lenox college in Hopkinton and the Cedar Rapids business college, and was employed by a Cedar Rapids implement dealer for three years.
      He married Marion Egan of Monticello, April 30, 1912 and made their home on the parental Slauson farm for 40 years, retiring to Hopkinton, in 1952. They were the parents of nine children.
      A son, Harry, a naval veteran was killed in an automobile accident in 1945, while home on leave.
      Surviving are his wife, three sons, Louis, Hopkinton; Duane, Greeley; and Donald, Cedar Rapids; five daughters, Velma, Mrs. John White, Worthington; May, Mrs. Joe Gudenkauf and Grace, Mrs. Louis Gudenkauf, both of Hopkinton; Marie, Mrs. Louis Stevens, Dyersville; Joyce, Mrs. Russell Tenley, Olin; and 36 grandchildren. Also thee brother, Vernon Slauson, Texas; Claude and Ed Slauson, both of Williamsburg VA.; and one sister, Mrs. Irene Gilliam of Texas.
      He was a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church and Holy Name society.


      Given by: Joe Chester
    Birth 12 Jan 1887  Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Living with parents in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1910  Living with parents in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1920  Living in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1930  Living in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1940  Living in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1950  Living in South Fork, Delaware Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Death Sept 1959  Monticello, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Burial Sacred Heart Cemetery, Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I50753  Main Tree
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2022 

    Father Frederick Douglas SLAUSON,   b. 19 May 1835, Brockett's Bridge, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Jan 1929, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Alice Jane CUMMINGS,   b. 04 Oct 1851   d. Jan 1912, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 29 Aug 1871  Sand Springs, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F19424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marion EGAN,   b. 01 Oct 1894, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1984, Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 30 Apr 1912  Monticello, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12
    Children 
    +1. Velma Alice SLAUSON,   b. 30 Sep 1913, South Fork, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1987, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Mae Cummings SLAUSON,   b. 20 Jun 1915, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 2012, Dyersville, Delaware Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Grace Frances SLAUSON,   b. 14 Jul 1917, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1996, Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
     4. Harry Douglas SLAUSON,   b. 29 Jul 1920, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1945, Sand Springs Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)  [Birth]
    +5. Marie Mary SLAUSON,   b. 27 Jun 1922, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 2022, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)  [Birth]
     6. Louis Thomas SLAUSON,   b. 6 May 1926, South Fork, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 2016, Coralville, Johnson Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Birth]
     7. Duane Paul SLAUSON,   b. 3 Oct 1928, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1998, Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
     8. Joyce Madeline SLAUSON,   b. 4 Oct 1930, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 2020, Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Birth]
     9. Donald Frederick SLAUSON,   b. 10 Feb 1933, Sand Springs, Delaware County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 2014, Grays Harbor, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F19461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2022 

  • Photos
    Frederick Douglas Slauson Family
    Frederick Douglas Slauson Family
    Front Row: Edward, Alice, Frederick and Irene
    Back Row: Claude, Louis, Stephen and Roy

    Taken Shortly before Alice's death in 1912.

    Photo added by: Doug Slauson
    Roy A. Slauson
    Roy A. Slauson
    Roy is the son of Frederick D. Slauson and Alice J. Cummings.

    Photo added by: Doug Slauson
    Roy A. Slauson
    Roy A. Slauson
    Son of Frederick D.Slauson and Alice J. Cummings.

    Photo taken on the Slauson Farm, So. Fork, Iowa, 1940s

    Photo added by: Doug Slauson

    Headstones
    Roy A. Slauson and Marion Egan Headstone
    Roy A. Slauson and Marion Egan Headstone
    Roy A., son of Frederick D. Slauson and Alice J. Cummings, and his wife Marion Egan, are buried in the Sacred heart Cemetery in Monticello, Jones Co, Iowa.

    Created by: ProgBase
    Photo added by: Steve Hanken

  • Sources 
    1. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    2. [S13640] 1900 Census South Fork, Delaware County, Iowa.

    3. [S01837] Ancestry.com: U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

    4. [S01838] Ancestry.com: U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.

    5. [S5903] 1910 Census South Fork, Delaware County, Iowa.

    6. [S7137] 1920 Census South Fork, Delaware County, Iowa.

    7. [S13671] 1930 Census South Fork, Delaware County, Iowa.

    8. [S13672] 1940 Census South Fork, Delaware County, Iowa.

    9. [S13673] 1950 Census South Fork, Delaware County, Iowa.

    10. [S4882] Obituary Notice for Roy A. Slauson.

    11. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    12. [S8272] Ancestry.com: Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records 1880-1937.