Samuel J Slater passed away December 20th, peacefully in his sleep, at his home in Littleton, CO. Sam was born August 19th, 1932 in Ogallala, Nebraska to Samuel Newcomb Slater and Hazel Mae Dike. Sam married Virginia Helen Cowan on August 4th, 1950. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last summer. He started working for Continental Oil Co. in 1957 and retired in 1986 with many promotions, awards, and high recognitions for his safety and ethics.
He and Virginia raised their family of four children in Englewood, CO and they have been members of All Souls Catholic Church for 50 years. His favorite activities were fishing the trout streams of Colorado and fixing, making, or building anything. He enjoyed being with his family and was a quiet man with a great capacity to love.
He was proceeded in death by his daughter Helen Elain Borden, son James Samuel Slater, and grandson Jeremy Alan Ruth. He is survived by his wife Virginia Helen Slater, daughters Kathleen Virginia Ruth-Tepper and Elizabeth Marie Brusachetti, grandsons Aaron Samuel Ruth, James Slater, Gabriel Slater, granddaughters Jenifer Anderegg, Amy Ross, Emily Borden, and Great-Grandchildren Natalie Essie, Colby Ruth, Hailey Ruth, Oran Anderegg, Jett Slater, Gavin Slater, Kai Slater, and Ivy Slater.
