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Pamela Slater
1949 - 2025
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2025
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Born: April 12, 1949 in Pawnee City NE
Died: August 18, 2025 in Sycamore, IL
Pamela Slater, 76, of Sycamore, IL, died Monday, August 18, 2025, at home.
Born April 12, 1949, in Pawnee City, NE the daughter of Orval Rohrs and Marion Rodgers. Pamela married Charles Slater on April 13, 2006 at the Veterans' Hospital in Colombia, MO.
In her free time, Pamela enjoyed doing crafts, sewing, and loved to bake. She was a member of Daughters of the Nile and Shiner's Hospital supporter. Most of all, Pamela was a dedicated mother and grandmother of her many great-grandchildren.
Pamela is survived by her four children, Elizabeth Zeleny, Brandi (Jeff) Voigt, Matt (Christina) Slater, and Kenneth Slater; eleven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, brother, Charles Rohrs; sister, Jacquie Van Benden; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 3-7 pm, at The Tabala Shrine Center, 7910 Newberg Road, Rockford, IL 61109.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in her name to Shiner's Hospital for Children, 2211 N. Oak Park Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60707, shrinerschildrens.org.
Burial will be held at a later date at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL.
Arrangements by Olson's Quiram Sycamore Chapel, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore, IL 60178; 815-895-6589. Visit www.olsonfh.com to share a memory or leave a condolence.
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