Jerome Myers Sleight

Notes:

Jerome Meyers Sleight died suddenly Saturday night, of heart disease, at his home, 30 Ashburton avenue. He complained of distress at 9 o'clock that evening and asked that a doctor be sent for; at 10:10 he passed away. He was 58 years old. Born in East Park, Dutchess County, N.Y., he attended both public school and high school at New Rochelle, N.Y., coming to Yonkers at the age of 20. He was employed by the City Steam laundry for a number of years. Recently he was appointed sexton of the Warburton Avenue Baptist Church and acted as such up to the time of his death. Mr. Sleight was a Past Chancellor and Prelate of Yonkers Lodge, Knights of Pythias; a member of Poughkeepsie Lodge of Free Masons No. 26. and of the Modern Woodmen of Yonkers. He is survived by his wife, three sons and one daughter—Mrs. Ella Lewis Sleight, Jerome Thompson Sleight of California, Elmer Harold Sleight of Schenectady, N.Y., John Arthur Sleight of Yonkers, and Mrs. Jessie Bell Rogers of Detroit, Mich. The Knights of Pythias will hold services this evening at 8 o'clock.
(The Yonkers Statesman, Monday, 6/28/1920)