WILLIAM SLINKARD

MARBLE HILL -- William Howell Slinkard, 80, of Marble Hill died Sunday, June 6, 1999, at Bonds Nursing Center.

Slinkard was born Sept. 23, 1918, at Chaffee, son of Charles Allen and Maude Howell Slinkard. He and Agnes Marie Seabaugh were married May 25, 1946, at Cape Girardeau.

He received a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Missouri at Columbia and an education degree from Southeast Missouri State University.

He had taught vocational classes for the Veterans Administration and retired as a science teacher from Woodland High School. Slinkard was instrumental in organizing Boy Scout Troop 24 at Marble Hill, the Lion's Club and the Optimist Club.

Slinkard was a member of the First United Methodist Church at Marble Hill, was active in the Methodist men's organization and participated in Mended Hearts at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He served in the Aleutian Islands during World War II and received a Purple Heart while serving in the Korean War.

Survivors are his wife; two sons, Bruce Wayne Slinkard and Stephen Kent Slinkard, both of Farmington; and two grandchildren.

Slinkard was preceded in death by an infant daughter, six sisters and two brothers.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Michael Woods officiating. Burial will follow at Baker Cemetery.