In Memory

Sheila Emerson (Slusser)

SLUSSER, Sheila V. Emerson

Age 28, of 12 Exchange St., Leroy, NY on Friday, April 24, 1981, in St. Joseph's Hospital after an extended illness.  Friends may call at the McCarthy Funeral Home on Sunday 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM.  Funeral there Monday at 9:30 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM in St. Mary's Church.  Burial in St. Peter & Paul's Cemetery.  Survived by husband, John M.; parents, Raymond B. & Mary V. Emerson of Elmira; sisters, Kathleen of Elmira, Deborah of Watkins Glen, Theresa of Elmira; brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Cindy Emerson of Montour Falls; brother, Mark R. of Nashua, NH; paternal grandparents, Elwin and Anna Emerson of Cuba, NY; maternal grandfather, William Malcom of Elmira; mother-in-law, Mrs. June Slusser of Wapwallopen, PA; sister-in-law, Mrs. Carol Hauze, and niece, Jessica Hauze of Wapwallopen, PA; many aunts, uncles and cousins.  Sheila was a graduate of Elmira Southside High School Class of 1970, the State University at Geneseo in 1974, and a master's degree in Reading at the State University at Brockport in 1978.  She was a third grade teacher at the Jackson School in Batavia, NY.  Memorials may be made to St. Joseph's Hospital Development Fund or the Hospice Committee or to the Jackson School Media Center in Batavia, NY.