Bernard Sloan Obituary
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| Bernard shot this white squirrl and had it
mounted,,he was excited about getting it..he
died a week before it was finished |
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Bernard Sloan,son of Dock and Pittie Sloan,born
September 05,1936,in WVA. died Febuary 14,1999
in Carlisle,PA. Wife Nancy Mouers Sloan,and
sons James and Robert |
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Bernard "Bernie" L. Sloan,the manager
of the White Rose Circle Club in Carlisle
and a long time bartender at the Mechanicsburg
Club,died yesterday at the Carlisle Hospital.
He was 62.Sloan,of 617 W.Pine St.,Mount Holly
Springs,had been managing the White Rose
Circle Club for the last three years,where
he came after working ar the Mechanicsburg
Club for 12 years.
He was" a very avid sportsman,hunter
and fisherman and he got along well with
people and thats important in the manger's
position," said Tom Snyder,treasure
for the White Circle."He was just good-natured.
"His biggest thing was he loved to hunt
and fish and run his dogs,"Snyde said."He
was very outgoing and friendly."
Dale Shughart,a bartender at the White Crcle,echoed
Snyder's comments.
"He was a very nice fellow,"Shushart
said.'you couldn't find a better guy to work
with than him."
Sloan had also bartended at the Eagles Aerie
1299,the Moose 733,and the VFW posts 7343
and 477:and he was a member of the White
Circle Club in addition to being its manger.
"Bernie was a great guy,he was never
latefor work and would even come in a half
hour early,"said Fred Alleman, the former
manger at the Mechanicsburg Club who supervised
Sloan. "He was a faithful,honest and
courteous person".
In his 20s and 30s,Sloan also enjoyed baseball,where
he was a successful pitcher with two teams
in the West Shore Twilight League.
'He had a great knuckle ball,not too many
guys throw that anymore but that's what he
threw," said Bill Rickenbach,who for
50 years has played and managed the Mechanicsburg
baseball team in the league.
Rickenbach said Sloan first was pitcher for
the Kingston team and later the Mount Holly
team.
'He was a good guy and won ball games,"Rickenbach
said ,"I don't know if he ever pitched
any perfect games,but I know he was good
enough to win games."
Rickenbach laughted when he recalled a favorite
story Sloan used to like to telling at Rickenbach's
expense.
"He used to tell everyone about the
time he struck me out on three knuckle balls
and he told the story so many times I guess
he did it,I had to agree with him.I don't
remember if he ever did,but even if he didn't
it was still a good story,"he said "He
was just a good guy to know and be around,"Rickenbach
said.
Surviving are his wife,Nancy L. Moers Sloan:two
sons,Robert L. of Mount Holly Springs and
James R. of Carlisle:two brothers,Hanford
of Quinwood,WVA.,and Willie of Hanover,Pa.:
three sisters ,Beatrice Hille of Malta,Idaho,Sylvia
White of Chicago and Betty Jo Roach of Lorain,Ohio:
two grandchildren and two great -grandchildren.
Servises will be held at 10:30 a.m.Thursday
in the Gibson-Hollinger Funeral Home in Mount
Holly Springs. Burial will be in the Cumberland
Valley Memorial Gardens,West Pennsboro Twp.
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