Betty Jo,Burnard,and Sylvia Sloan |
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Betty Jo ,Spot and Burnard Sloan |
| Bernard was the baby boy of Dock and Piety
Sloan only
one child a daughter Betty Jo
was to be born
after him ,this made 11 children
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Bernard was loved by all his brothers and
sisters ,being the baby boy of the family
,but these three had a special relationship.Betty
Jo being the baby and Bernard were playmates
Sylvia being the older sister took them under
her wings .these children never fought but
were the protector of each other Woe to the
person that tried to harm any of them for
the other two were quick to stand as avenging
Angels.After they married and moved away
to different states ,Sylvia settling in Chicago,Betty
Jo,in Ohio and Bernard in Pa.this bond remained
strong .Sylvia would go to spend a month
each summer with the baby brother she adored
if he became sick in had to go to the hospital
she was there to take care of her baby brother.
Betty Jo had plenty of visits also and each
and every birthday received a phone call
from Bernard wishing his baby sister birthday
wish's .the phones are silence now and linger
in memory only Growing up I remember Bernard
as being a kind uncle ,we younger ones not
being able to say his name started calling
him Uncle Bum ,I don't remember which one
of us first started that ,its not really
important except that is what he was always
called by all his nieces and nephews.
When Bernard and Nancy first got married
I remember them living with my family for
awhile in a farm house outside of York Springs,PA
I was about 6 years old at the time .He like
my grandfather Dock Sloan and his father
always seem to be happy I can never remember
hearing him raise his voice in anger ,he
would always let us climb onto his lap never
pushing us away with impatiance,after growing
up when we came together in a family gathering
I was always greeted with a big hug and a
I love You.
I know that a lot of family's do not show
any outward affection.but the Sloan family
did Due to the fact that this is what they
grew up with, the example sit by thier father
Dock and mother Piety.there were plenty of
hugs and I love You 's.
Bernard I thank worked in the shoe factory
in Dillsburg Pa. when younger along with
his two brothers Willie and Ralph .He played
baseball and was a successful pitcher on
two teams in the West Shore Twilight League,I
remember my parents taking me to watch him
play once and thought he threw the fastest
ball I had ever seen .
He was an avid hunter and fisherman but hunting
was his favorite I remember him speaking
shortly before his sudden death of an albino
squirrel he had seen on a number of times
while in the woods and had tried many times
to bag the prize ,he did get the squirel
finaly and had it send away to get stuffed
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He died a week before it was finished .It
was said of the man that he never had an
enemy,he was liked by all who knew him .Bernard
died suddenly of a heart attack on Feburary
14,1999.there appeared in the local paper
an obituary done by a reporter, he had talked
to a lot of people that knew Bernard Sloan
and they had a lot to tell of the man .this
obituary is posted on this site |
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