SLITOR, Truman Wentworth 'Went' 1938-2004
SLITOR, KELLY, JOHNSON, MCKENNA, GOODMAN, KROLL, OJA, STAUB
Posted By: Paul Moritz (deceased)
Date: 12/6/2010 at 10:06:29
Truman Wentworth "Went" Slitor, 65, of 676 Lakewood Lane, Harvey, entered eternal life early Sunday morning, November 21, 2004, shortly after admittance to Marquette General Hospital. He had been in ill health for the past 11 months. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday morning, November 24, at St. Louis the King Catholic Church in Harvey, Mich., with Rev. Ben Paris as celebrant, assisted by Deacons David P. Adler and Scott Jamieson. Burial was in the Holy Cross Cemetery. Escorts were Chuck LeMaster, George Karageorge, Richard Bradley, Charles Peltola, Len Raskin, Chuck Markiewicz, and John Evans. Memorials may be directed to St. Louis the King Catholic Church in Harvey.
Born December 3, 1938, in Waukon, a son of Truman Gillette and Gwendolyn Irene (Kelly) Slitor, Went was raised in Waukon and was a 1957 graduate of the Waukon High School. Following graduation, he enrolled at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Geology in 1961, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He then entered the US Navy Supply Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I., and Athens, Ga., in preparation for three years of duty in the US Navy aboard the USS Saratoga. Went was honorably discharged with the rank of Lieutenant and returned to college, receiving a Master of Science with emphasis in Geology, from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1969. During this time he was also a graduate assistant geological lab instructor.
Went moved to the Marquette, Mich., area in 1967 and began a 28-year career with Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company. During his career, he was a senior engineer in mining/geology, acting chief mining engineer, acting pit operating engineer, and mine geologist and exploration geologist. He retired in 1995 but continued to serve CCI in a consulting capacity for several years.
Went was a member of St. Louis the King Catholic Church where he sang in the senior choir and served as a cantor. He was a member of the Marquette Male Chorus for 18 years, the Lion's Club, and the Lawrence Dohndt Council #6447 Knights of Columbus. Throughout the years, Went many honors including being chairman of the Upper Peninsula Section of the Society of Mining Engineers, chairman of the MINE Fund Committee, president of Sigma Gamma Epsilon Geology Fraternity, serving as an officer of Sigma XI Research Fraternity, and being a guest lecturer at Northern Michigan University and Michigan Technological University. In his leisure time, Went enjoyed fishing, golfing, hiking, traveling, singing, going to the movies, being a patron of the arts, the Green Bay Packers, cross-country skiing, and taking walks in the Lower Harbor and along the bike path with his wife Arlene.
A loving and devoted husband, father, proud papa, and brother, he is survived by his wife, Arlene (Johnson) Slitor, whom he married February 7, 1970; two daughters, Michelle (William "Ike") Goodman and daughters, Lauren McKenna and Anna Elise Goodman, of Xenia, Ohio, and Sandra (Mark) Kroll and son, Brendan Emmanuel Kroll of Gaylord; a sister, Susan (Charles) LeMaster of Charles City, Iowa; a brother, Jim (Sherry) Slitor of Hobe Sound, Fla.; his aunt, Lorraine Staub of Franklinton, La.; and several cousins.
Went was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents, among them his special grandmother, Nora Kelly; and his in-laws, Dorothy Johnson Oja and George Oja.
Condolences may be expressed at fassbenderfuneralhome.com.Wukon, IA Standard, Nov. 30, 2004
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