Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 6/5/1984

Woodrow W. Slater

November 6, 1912 – September 5, 1984

Woodrow W. Slater, 71, of 23910 W. Edison Road, died early today in his home.  He was employed with South Bend Lathe, retiring in 1973 after 31 years of service.

Born November 6, 1912, in LaPorte County, he had lived in South Bend since 1947.  On October 14, 1946, in South Bend, he married Mary K. Hews, who survives.  Also surviving are a daughter, Susan E. Wantuck of Mishawaka; a son, John W. of LaPorte; a stepson, William H. Borst of South Bend; a grandchild; two sisters, Vera Orders of Jacksonville FL and Evelyn Varner of Grand Rapids MI; and a brother, Lisle of South Bend.

Services will be at 1pm Saturday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., and burial will be in Highland Cemetery.  Friends may call from 3 to5 and 7 to 9pm Friday in the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Ardmore Lions Club of which he was a member.