GOTHENBURG - Grace L. Slack, 70, died Jan. 18, 2001, in Wichita Falls, Texas.

She was born March 7, 1930, to Murry and Lulla Dodd Rine in Montana. She had lived in Portage, Ind., for 13 years where she was an Avon representative.

On March 12, 1947, she married Donald Slack in Gothenburg. He preceded her in death on June 22, 1999. She was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Valparaiso, Ind.

She is survived by a daughter, Linda Johnson of Henrietta, Texas; three sons, Darrell of Owatonna, Minn., and Dennis and Ricky, both of Portage, Ind.; two sisters, Mildred Jensen of Cozad and Dorothy Jean Fales of Melbourne, Ark.; 14-grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Rodney, in 1955; her parents; and a brother Gerald Rine in January 2000.

A memorial has been established.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Blase Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg with the Rev. Larry Viter officiating. Burial will be at the Peckham Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Blase Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg.

North Platte Telegraph

Note: Grace grew up in the Farnam community and attended school there.