Graveside services for Kenneth C. Sliger, Sr. will be held at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon on Friday, October 2nd, 2020 at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada, with
Harold Ware of First Baptist Church officiating. Chickasaw Honor Guard will
conduct military honors.
Mr. Sliger was born April 11, 1927, to E.M. and Maud Sliger. He went to be
with his heavenly Father on Wednesday, September 30, 2020.
Mr. Sliger considered himself tremendously blessed by the beautiful and
loving wife God provided to him. He was married to Avinelle “Nell” Sliger on
Dec. 14, 1950. They spent 68 loving years together, and received the blessing
of their beloved son, Kenny, in 1956.
Mr. Sliger graduated from Vanoss High School in 1946. He proudly served his
country in World War II as a Sergeant with the U.S. Army, and in the Korean
War as a Sergeant with the Oklahoma National Guard.
After completing his military service, Kenneth re-enrolled in East Central
College and raised cattle until obtaining a position and with the United States
Postal Service, where he proudly worked for 33 years. In retirement, he
owned and managed several rental properties, traveled the country with his
loving wife, and spent time looking after his two precious little granddaughters,
taking them fishing, to amusement parks, and making them his famous root
beer floats.
Mr. Sliger was a devout Christian who loved the Lord and served his church
throughout his entire life. He received Jesus as his Lord and Savior at the age
of 12, later became an ordained Deacon, and served as church treasurer for
many years.
In his later years, Mr. Sliger was a resident of the Sulphur Veterans Center,
where he was happy to be frequently visited and called by his
granddaughters, great-grandson, brother, niece, nephew, and other extended
family members. Kenneth and his family have been incredibly appreciative of
the wonderful care and support he received from the staff during his years
there.
Mr. Sliger was preceded in death by his wife, Avinelle “Nell” Sliger and their
son, Kenny; parents, E.M and Maud Sliger; sisters, Ollie Lee Arter and Loy
Lorrelle Wilmoth; brothers, Thurman Homer Sliger and Edward Sliger.
Survivors are brother Howard M. Sliger and wife Ruth, Amarillo, TX;
grandchildren, Jenny Melchor, Irving, TX, Jaclyn and Jon Tyler, Jacksonville,
TX; great-grandson, Victor Bradley Melchor, Irving, TX; nephew Howard W.
Sliger and wife Pauline, Stonewall; niece Judith Grisso and husband Gary,
Ada; niece Karen Sliger Colbert and husband Billy, Ft. Worth, TX; and several
cousins, other relatives, and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that memorials be made to
Wounded Warrior Project, American Cancer Society, or the Chickasaw
Foundation.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
