Verna Louise Sloan

Verna Louise Sloan, 91, of rural Eldon, died at 3:50 a.m. Thursday, March 24, 2011, in the Davis County Hospital hospice room in Bloomfield. 

A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Eldon Christian Church, with the Rev. Joshua Gordon officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery, rural Floris. 

Open visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday at the church, with the family present 6-7:30 p.m.

Memorials to Eldon Christian Church may be left at the church or mailed to the family at 31763 Venus Trail, Eldon 52554. 

Arrangements are in the care of Pedrick Funeral Home of Keosauqua.

Mrs. Sloan was born Oct. 10, 1919, in Savannah, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Lulu Pirtle Melvin. She married Harley Sloan July 16, 1938, in Bloomfield. He died June 16, 2009. 

To see the full obituary, read the March 24, 2011, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.