Elizabeth Viola Kase Sloan

Elizabeth (Betty) Viola Kase Sloan, 85, of Eagle Rock, lately of Carrington Place, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Mrs. Sloan grew up in Philadelphia where as a young woman she drove a trolley car, she also worked on airplanes in the Naval Yard during World War II. She met her husband, R. D. (Dick) Sloan, while he was on shore leave during that time. They came to Virginia after the war. She loved living in the country and being a farm wife. She was very proud of her thirteen children, and after raising them she was an aide at Breckenridge Elementary School in the handicapped preschool program for several years and became actively involved with the Homemaker's Club. Mrs. Sloan is predeceased by her husband of sixty years, R. D. (Dick) Sloan; brother, Joseph Kase; and beloved grandson, Jason Powell, and two infant grandchildren. Survivors include her children and spouses, Betty Lou and Butch Jones of Maryland, Richard David, Jr. and Deborah Sloan of Mississippi, Donald Sloan of Roanoke, Anna (Kitten) and Richard Godbee of North Carolina, Mark Sloan of Eagle Rock, Dianna and Cliff Brass of Florida, Barbara and Billy Stull, Josephine and John Powell, all of Buchanan, Matthew and Angie Sloan of Fincastle, Jesse Sloan of Cloverdale, Julia and Larry Anderson of Bedford, Andy Sloan and Bruce Sloan of Eagle Rock; brother, William Kase of Oregon; sister, Kathleen Barbrick of New York; eighteen grandchildren, twenty-six greatgrandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 am, Monday, November 30, 2009 in the Eagle Rock Chapel of Botetourt Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert McRae and the Rev. Marina Gopadze officiating. Interment will follow in Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Eagle Rock Fire & Rescue, P. O. Box 234, Eagle Rock, Va., 24085 or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Va., Chapter, 2727 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 104, Richmond, Va., 23294. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, 14777 Church Street, Eagle Rock, 884-2276.