People
Photos
Purpose
Advertisement
Advertisement
  2. People
  3. Surname Directory
  4. S
  5. Skuncke - Slomp
  6. Sleconich - Slefinger
  7. Sleesman
  8. Wilma D Sleesman
A photo of Wilma D Sleesman
Add photo

Wilma D Sleesman 1904 - 1997

Wilma D Sleesman of Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN was born on April 12, 1904, and died at age 93 years old on September 14, 1997.

Wilma D Sleesman
Name
Update name details
Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN 46808
Last residence
Update residence details
April 12, 1904
Birth
Update birth details
September 14, 1997
Death
Update death details
Updated: October 7, 2011
Biography ID: 33692420 What's this
Wilma D Sleesman Wilma Sleesman (1904 - 1997)
ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
This page exists for YOU
and everyone who remembers Wilma.
Share what you know,
even ask what you wish you knew.
Invite others to do the same,
but don't worry if you can't...
Someone, somewhere will find this page,
and we'll notify you when they do.

Wilma D Sleesman's History: 1904 - 1997

Uncover new discoveries and connections today by sharing about people & moments from yesterday.
- Discover how AncientFaces works.
  • 04/12
    1904

    Birthday

    April 12, 1904
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
    ADVERTISEMENT BY
  • 09/14
    1997

    Death

    September 14, 1997
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
    ADVERTISEMENT BY
  • Advertisement
  • Did you know?
    Wilma D Sleesman lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
    ADVERTISEMENT BY
    Looking for more information?
  • share
    Memories
    below
Advertisement
Advertisement

Add Memories, Stories & Photos about Wilma

- See how biographies work.
Be the 1st to share and we'll let you know when others do the same.
Did you know?
In 1904, in the year that Wilma D Sleesman was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
Did you know?
In 1916, at the age of just 12 years old, Wilma was alive when suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
Advertisement

Wilma Sleesman's Family Tree & Friends

Wilma Sleesman's Family Tree

Parent
Parent
Wilma D Sleesman Apr 12, 1904 - Sep 14, 1997
Partner
Child
Sibling
Advertisement
Advertisement
Friendships

Wilma's Friends

Friends of Wilma Friends can be as close as family. Add Wilma's family friends, and her friends from childhood through adulthood.
Advertisement
Advertisement
 Followers & Sources
ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
Advertisement
Other Biographies

Other Sleesman Family Biographies

Sleesman, Gertrude (Mar 2, 1888 - Aug 1983) Sleesman, Margaret (Jun 12, 1891 - Sep 1980) Sleesman, Francis (Apr 7, 1903 - May 1985) Sleesman, Thomas (Apr 14, 1899 - Aug 21, 1956) Sleesman, Mildred (Feb 11, 1894 - Nov 1980) Sleesman, Eleanor (May 25, 1920 - May 28, 2010) Sleesman, Laura (Sep 19, 1899 - Apr 16, 1991) Sleesman, Donald (Jan 4, 1934 - Jan 23, 2001) Sleesman, Bruce (May 26, 1889 - Apr 1969) Sleesman, Thomas (Aug 1, 1922 - Jul 31, 2007)
Sleesman, Robert (Aug 5, 1921 - Jun 22, 2010) Sleesman, Thelma (May 8, 1914 - Apr 1994) Sleesman, Mary (Sep 29, 1903 - Apr 1982) Sleesman, Jeanne (Nov 14, 1923 - Nov 13, 2007) Sleesman, Spring (Jan 6, 1957 - Aug 10, 2011) Sleesman, Frances (Mar 24, 1942 - Nov 1986) Sleesman, Helen (Aug 26, 1911 - May 8, 2004) Sleesman, Jon (Oct 30, 1963 - Mar 1980) Sleesman, Harry (Oct 11, 1937 - Mar 14, 2005) Sleesman, Iretha (Oct 1, 1935 - Mar 16, 2004)
Advertisement
Advertisement
Show more
  2. People
  3. Surname Directory
  4. S
  5. Skuncke - Slomp
  6. Sleconich - Slefinger
  7. Sleesman
  8. Wilma D Sleesman
Back to Top
Advertisement
Advertisement