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Mervin Zabriski SLAWSON

Male 1913 - 2005  (91 years)


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  • Name Mervin Zabriski SLAWSON  [2] 
    • MERVIN Z. SLAWSON 1913-2005

      Mervin Z. Slawson 91, born May 6, 1913 of Santa Maria, Passed away Saturday, April 9, 2005 at Marian West Hospital.

      A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, April 16, 2005 at 4pm at Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary.

      Private inurnment in the Dudley-Hoffman Memory Garden.

      Mervin was born in Kansas in 1913. He served in the US Army from 1942-1945. May 10 of 1942 he married Dorothy Walline. After attending art school in Los Angeles, and at the request of Captain Allan Hancock, Mervin moved to Santa Maria in 1946 to work for the USC college of Aeronautics as a Link Trainer instructor, mechanic, and photographer. From 1958-1978, Mervin was a photography instructor at Santa Maria High School, producing 18 yearbooks during that time. He was a member of Hesperian Lodge #264 since 1956. Throughout his years, Mervin had a deep love and interest in photography, raising Orchids, collecting stamps, and fishing in Colorado. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.

      Mervin is survived by his wife of 62 years, Dorothy Slawson; a daughter Sharee Fromholtz from Colorado, sisters Valda Price, Vivian Stone, and Ruby Fisher all living in Kansas, and by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

      Arrangements are under the direction of Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary & Crematory

      Posted on Find A Grave
      Created by: David Cisco
      [1]
    Birth 06 May 1913  Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Living with parents in Lincoln, Coffy Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1925  Living with parents in Maple Hill, Wabaunsee Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Living with parents in Lebo, Coffey Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 09 Apr 2005  Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Burial Dudley-Hoffman Memory Gardens Columbarium, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I51973  Main Tree
    Last Modified 9 May 2016 

    Father Ivan LeRoy SLAWSON,   b. 12 Nov 1884, Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1951, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Letitia Jessie ZABRISKIE,   b. 04 Feb 1886   d. 1 Mar 1983, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 19 May 1909  McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F24098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Betty MYDLAND,   b. 10 Dec 1913   d. 17 May 1941 (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1935  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Sharee Mydland SLAWSON,   b. 27 Jan 1937, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 2013, Hays, Ellis Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F24112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 May 2016 

    Family 2 Dorothy Jane WALLINE,   b. 5 Jan 1919, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 2011, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 10 May 1942  [2] 
    Family ID F24113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 06 May 1913 - Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Dudley-Hoffman Memory Gardens Columbarium, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

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

    3. [S03720] 1920 Census Lincoln, Coffy County, Kansas.

    4. [S03738] 1925 Census Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.

    5. [S03721] 1930 Census Lebo, Coffey County, Kansas.

    6. [S01818] Ancestry.com: Social Security Death Index.


  

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