Obit: Slota, Phillip T. (1911 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Slota, Miller, Lawrence, Sierociuk, Mills

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 04 May 1972

Slota, Phillip T. (30 SEP 1911 – 28 APR 1972)

Phillip T. Slota, 60, of Medford (Taylor Co., Wis.) passed away on Friday, April 28th, 1972, at Memorial Hospital, Medford, where he had been admitted earlier of an apparent heart attack.

Funeral services were held on Monday, May 1st, 1972, ten a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Medford, with Father Joseph N. Miller officiating. Burial was made in St. Hedwig's Catholic Cemetery, rural Thorp, Wisconsin.

Mr. Slota was born September 30, 1911 at Junction City, Wisconsin. He was united in marriage September 2, 1939 at Chicago to Rose Mills. He attended Thorp area schools and also attended the University of Wisconsin for several years. He was employed as a machinist and worked on road construction in the early 1930's, for a time he was employed as a tool and die maker in Chicago, and in 1949 they moved to Medford. In 1951 and 1954 he worked as a civilian for the U.S. Government in Greenland.

Surviving are his wife Rose; one son, Phillip Jr. of Hartland, and one daughter, Sandra Sue of St. Petersburg, Florida; one granddaughter, Suzanne Delina; one brother, Arthur of Monona and ?; two sisters, (Rita) Mrs. Roger Lawrence of Waukesha, (Ruth) Mrs. Henry Sierociuk of Thorp.