Thomas Robert "Tom" Sloan Obituary (1943

Mr. Thomas Robert "Tom" Sloan, age 78, of Kent, Indiana entered this life on September 29, 1943 in Alliance, Ohio. He was the loving son of the late Herbert and Elizabeth A. Oesch Sloan. His family moved to Jefferson County in 1954 and he graduated from Southwestern High School in 1962 where he was involved in 4-H and FFA. He then went to auto mechanic school in St. Louis and received his associate degree from Ivy Tech in 1990 in electrical technology. On August 28, 1965 he was united in marriage to Marjorie Ann Pelsor in San Antonio, Texas. He was inducted into the United States Army in 1965 and served in Munich Germany during the Vietnam War. He rose to the rate of Specialist Five and was honorably discharged in 1967 receiving the Good Conduct Medal. He was a farmer at heart and returned home from the service and began raising tobacco, corn and kids. He retired from Indiana Kentucky Electric Corporation where he worked in the switchyard. After retirement he worked as the head mechanic for Enviroscape for the past ten years. You could often find him at the Napa store socializing with his friends. He was very fond of tractors, especially John Deere and Allis Chalmers and he enjoyed tinkering on them. For twenty years he was a faithful member of the Lexington Christian Church and served as an Elder, Sunday School Superintendent, Vacation Bible School and helped with the Youth Program. He was now a faithful member of the First Christian Church of Hanover. Tom will be remembered as a devoted husband, loving pop and papaw. Tom died on Saturday, October 2, 2021, at 9:55 p.m. at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Tom will be missed by his loving wife of 56 years, Marjorie Ann "Margie" Pelsor Sloan of Kent, Indiana; his loving daughters, Angie Wolske and her husband, Martin of Champaign, Illinois, Suzanne Sloan of Madison, Indiana, Didi Phegley and her husband, Bob of Carlisle, Indiana, Carey Brown and her husband, Chad of Greenville, South Carolina; his loving son, Christopher Sloan of Kent, Indiana; his grandchildren, Eric and his wife Madeleine, Joseph, Cale, Miles, Sloan and McKenzie; his brother, William "Bill" Sloan of Lexington, Indiana; his sisters in law, Jean Monroe and her husband, Jim of Madison, Indiana, Kay Pelsor Bouwens of Nebraska; his brothers in law, Richard Pelsor and his wife, Natalie of Madison, Indiana, Jim Pelsor of Hanover, Indiana, several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert and Elizabeth Sloan.FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 9, 2021, at 10:30 a.m., by Bro. Mark Roseberry at the First Christian Church of Hanover, 6192 State Road 62 in Hanover, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit Friday from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at the First Christian Church of Hanover in Hanover, Indiana.MILITARY HONORSA final salute and military honors will be conducted by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion.MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church of Hanover. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Hanover and Madison. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To send a flower arrangement in memory of Thomas Robert "Tom" Sloan, please click here to visit our sympathy store.