Thursday, June 5, 2008

Mama June

Our heartfelt sympathy and condolences go out to Carol & Gary Holmer and family. Mama June passed away on Tuesday.
Ina June Sloan Chipman
Ina June Sloan Chipman passed away on June 3, 2008 in Oklahoma City. She was born in Lindsay, Oklahoma on June 27, 1913. June resided in Norman, Oklahoma for most of her adult life and has lived with her daughter, Carol Holmer and her husband, Gary, for the last four years in Oklahoma City. She graduated from Classen High School, attended East Central State Teachers College in Ada, and the University of Central Oklahoma (formerly Central State Teachers College) where she earned a lifetime certification in teaching. June was a preschool teacher at the University of Oklahoma Preschool, a member of the Porcelain Artists of Oklahoma, former president of the China Painters of Oklahoma, a volunteer at Norman Regional Hospital, a member of First Christian Church of Norman and an active member of the Charm Group Woman's Fellowship.She is preceded in death by her husband, Roy M. Chipman; father, Ben Sloan and mother, Rosia Ferguson Sloan; and her two brothers and a sister.She is survived by her two daughters, Phyllis Bell-Miller and husband, Rodney, and Carol Holmer and husband, Gary; grandsons, Jeff Bell and wife, Colleen, Greg Bell and wife, Rosemary and Andy Pollock and wife, Amanda; and five great grandchildren.Contributions can be made to the Mercy Hospice of Oklahoma City.Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 7, 2008, First Christian Church with Reverend Catherine Bennett officiating. Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Published in The Norman Transcript on 6/5/2008.
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