Steven Slater (2015)

COLEMAN, SLATER

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 8/3/2015 at 07:37:55

Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Monday, August 03, 2015

STEVEN SLATER, Winterset

July 25, 1952 - July 31, 2015

Steven Slater, 63, of Winterset, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015 at home.

A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 5 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset; where family will be present to receive friends from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 6 at Ochiltree’s with burial to follow in the Winterset Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the family and on-line condolences may be left at ochiltree.com.

Steve worked for EIW LLC (Eagle Iron Works) in Des Moines where he was the Director of Sales and Customer Service. He had also been active in Boy Scouting locally and with the Mid-Iowa Council.

Steve is survived by his wife, Jo Ann Slater; mother, Mina Jean Slater both of Winterset; daughter, Sara (Trent) Coleman of Clive; son, Joseph ‘Jes’ Slater of Winterset; brother, Robert (Debbie) Slater of Des Moines and three grandchildren, Dylan, Elizabeth and Izabella.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dalton Slater.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 05, 2015

STEVEN SLATER, Winterset

Steven Slater, 63, of Winterset died Friday, July 31, 2015, at home.

A visitation will be held from 1-8 p.m. today (Wednesday, Aug. 5) at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset; where family will be present to receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, at Ochiltree’s with burial to follow in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family.

Steven Eugene Slater was born July 25, 1952, in Madison County, Iowa, to Dalton and Mina Jean (DeVault) Slater. He attended school in Winterset and graduated from Winterset High School in 1971. He attended college at DMACC, majoring in mechanical drafting.

On June 13, 1974, he married Jo Ann Debra Gering in Des Moines. Steve worked for EIW LLC (Eagle Iron Works) in Des Moines where he was the Director of Sales and Customer Service. He was previously a territory sales manager for Kent Automotive, a division of Lawson Products.

Steve was very active in Boy Scouting locally and with the Mid-Iowa Council. He was involved with the Bo Qui District as Camping and Activity Chair, a District Committee Member and Eagle Board Member. He was also the recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, and Order of the Arrow.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dalton Slater; and grandparents, Orla and Stella DeVault and Roy and Iola Slater.

He is survived by his wife, Jo Ann Slater of Winterset; mother, Mina Jean Slater of Winterset; daughter, Sara (Trent) Coleman of Clive; son, Joseph “Jes” Slater of Winterset (currently serving in the United States Coast Guard in Bahrain); brother, Robert (Debbie) Slater of Des Moines; and three grandchildren.

Online condolences may be directed to the family at ochiltree.com.

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