VIOLA SLEGER

Viola Sleger, age 90, a Manitowoc resident, died on Wednesday morning, Dec. 9,
2009, at the Manitowoc Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Viola was born on June 19, 1919, in Luxemburg, daughter of the late James and
Alice (Prudhomme) Bastian. She married Paul Rathsack in Manitowoc. He preceded
her in death in 1942. She married John J. Sleger on July 5, 1946, at Manitowoc.
He preceded her in death on April 13, 2009. Viola worked for Town and Country
Kitchens at J&J Schmitt Lumber Company. After retirement, she worked in the home
care industry. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish and volunteered
in the past for Memorial Hospital.
(Survivors omitted for privacy.)
She was preceded in death by her parents; James and Alice Bastian; her two husbands,
Paul Rathsack and John Sleger; one grandson: Todd Meissen; one son-in-law: Raymond
Meissen; four brothers and three sisters-in-law: Edgar (Pauline) Bastian, Lawrence
(Monica) Bastian; Roland (Bastian); Donald (Eunice) Bastian; two sisters and one
brother-in-law: Doris (Lloyd) Eucher; Gloria Bastian; brothers-in-law and sisters-
in-law include: Jerome Sleger; Marcella Sindelar; Peter (Isabelle) Rathsack; Frank
(Pearl) Rathsack; George (Ann) Twardzick; George (Ruebelle) Rathsack; John Rathsack;
Mary Rathsack; Rose Jeffrey; Stanley (Agnes) Mitchell and Lester (Frances) Hinkley.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009,
at St. Francis of Assisi Church-Marshall Site, South 21st and Marshall streets,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Dan Felton will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial with
burial of her cremated remains at Evergreen Cemetery. Relatives and friends may
call at church on Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services at 11 a.m.
The Jens Family Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Sleger Family.
Dearest mother, grandmother and great-grandmother: Today we have lost our most loved
and treasured you in our lives. We are deeply saddened by your passing but so thankful
that God gave you to us for as long as he did. We know you are safely on your way home
and into the loving arms and care of God and this is comforting to us. You will always
be loved and remembered by family, friends and acquaintances for your many loving
attributes, faith, love of family and friends, kindness and compassion to others in
need of help with food donations, clothing and post-op care. You always made family
gatherings special. You cooked plenty of food and no one left the table hungry. May
God bless you until we meet again.
Viola's family would like to thank Drs. (private), the nurses and staff of Manitowoc
Health and Rehabilitation Center for all of their compassionate care given to Viola
for the past three and a half years.
Herald Times Reporter, Dec. 12, 2009