Betty Jane Slavin

Betty Jane Slavin, age 57, of Cave Junction, died Monday, March 10, 2008 at her home.

A graveside service will be at 12:00 noon, Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Laurel Cemetery with Pastor Dan Robinson officiating. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Remembrances may be made to the Pregnancy Center, 319 Caves Hwy., Cave Junction, Oregon 97523 or the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 LBJ Freeway Suite 250, Dallas, Texas 75244.

Betty was born Betty Jane Slater January 2, 1951 in Brookville, Pennsylvania to Alfred & Clara (Wilson) Slater. With her family she moved to California and in 1969 she graduated from Sylmar High School. In 1971 in Sylmar she married Vaughn Slavin. In 1979 Betty and her family moved from Sylmar to Cave Junction where she worked at Jim’s Produce, Sears, and Siskiyou Market. For the last several years Betty worked at Pharmacy Express as a Pharmacy Tech.

She attended Community Bible Church in Cave Junction. As a young mother, she volunteered with the school Bible release program.

Betty especially enjoyed raising her children. Her hobbies included playing bunco, crafts, baking, flower and vegetable gardening, reading, especially fiction, and needlepoint.

In addition to Betty''s husband, Vaughn Slavin of Cave Junction; survivors include two daughters, Athena Slavin of Eugene and Aurora Goff of Grants Pass; two sisters, Cora Huggins of Missouri and Ruth Barber of Arizona; two brothers, Vince Whipp of Tennessee and Edward Slater of California; and a grandson, Gabriel Slavin of Eugene.