William Laurie SLOSSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana
• Residence: Between 1942 and 1946, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Education: May 1942; Graduated from M S M, degree in Metallurgical Engineering
• Residence: Between 1946 and 1987, Moved to Seattle Washington
• Residence: 1987, Issaquah, Washington

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William "Bill" L. Slosson, 92, died peacefully at home in the early morning hours of May 18th, 2012. Bill Slosson was born on November 7, 1919, in Anaconda, Montana. He was the eldest of four children of Albert Slosson and Anna Larson Slosson. Bill's siblings were Jim Slosson (1921-2008), Stiles Slosson (1926-1999), and Betty Ann Slosson Henderson (1928-1996).

Bill graduated from the Montana School of Mines in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering. The day after he graduated, he married the love of his life, Mary Ellen Ryan. Bill and Mary Ellen celebrated 70 years of marriage on May 9th, 2012. They had two children, Christine and Thomas (1964-1978).

Bill worked in the aircraft technology field for 41 years. In 1946, Bill and Mary Ellen moved from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Seattle, Washington, where he began his 37-year career at Boeing as a metallurgical engineer. They lived in the Lakeridge neighborhood of Seattle until 1986, when they sold their home and moved to Providence Point in Issaquah, Washington. They also spent many years as snowbirds in Apache Junction, Arizona. In 2011 they moved from Providence Point to University House in Issaquah, Washington.

Bill loved to travel the U.S., fly-fish Montana and Washington rivers, and play his piano. We will always remember him for the effortless, beautiful old songs that he played by ear on the piano. We still have his piano CD's to enjoy for years to come. In his later years, Bill also enjoyed his morning "coffee-klatch" buddies who met every morning.

Bill was blessed to have spent the last month of his life surrounded by his wife Mary Ellen, daughter Christine, granddaughters Sheila and Lisa, and his wonderful caregivers from University House of Issaquah and the Visiting Angels.

Bill is survived by his beloved wife Mary Ellen, daughter Christine and son-in-law Jerry Britt, granddaughter Sheila and her husband John Barlow, great-granddaughters Skye and Reese Barlow, and granddaughter Lisa and her husband William Rugen.

One of Bill's Favorite Quotes from A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean:

''In our family, there was no clear line between religion and flyfishing.
We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others.
He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did,
that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.''

William married Mary Ellen RYAN in May 1942. Mary (daughter of Thomas J. RYAN and Nell COLLINS) was born on 07 Oct 1922 in La Crosse, Wisconsin; died on 23 Dec 2016 in Gilbert, Maricopa Co., Arizona; was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, Benton, King Co., Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Laurie SLOSSON was born on 17 Jan 1962; died on 17 Aug 1978 in Renton, Washington; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Renton, Washington.
2. Christine Louise SLOSSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with parents and grandfather in Sterling Twp., Hodgeman Co., Kansas
• Census: 1920, Living in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co., Montana
• Occupation: 1920; Repairman
• Census: 1930, Living in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co., Montana
• Occupation: 1930; Laborer - Reduction Work

Albert married Anna A. LARSON on 30 Aug 1918 in Butte, Montana. Anna (daughter of Nels LARSON and Agda OLSON) was born on 20 Nov 1897 in Boulder, Montana; died on 02 Dec 1960 in Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana; was buried in Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Anacoda, Deer Lodge Co., Montana
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co., Montana