Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SLATER

DeBeck

Feller

Haraguchi

Knowlton

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE – March 20, 1994

Donald L. Slater

April 5, 1928-March 18, 1994

SOUTH BEND - Donald L. Slater, 65, of 4423 Brookton Drive, died at 9:05 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph Medical Center after an illness. Mr. Slater was a route salesman for Pepsi-Cola, retiring after 27 years of service.

He was born April 5, 1928, in South Bend and was a lifelong area resident. On Sept. 1, 1956, in LaPorte, he married Marilyn J. Knowlton. She survives with three daughters, Jeannie Slater and Melody DeBeck, both of South Bend, and Sheryl Feller of Danville, Ind.; a son, Craig of Muncie, Ind.; six grandsons; his mother, Maybelle Slater of South Bend; a sister, Karon Haraguchi of South Bend; and two brothers, Thomas of Nappanee and Eugene of Houston. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Teamsters Union No. 364, and was a Navy veteran of World War II.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Palmer Funeral Home, Lakeville. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery, North Liberty. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County.