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PAtiE TWELVEW. J. Sloan, (HI1Man and Ci\i(leader. DieS(Continued from Page One? of the Pennzwi Company ol Oil City, director of the Lisbon Exploration Company. Lisbon. La . director and chairman of the burijet and finance committee of the Independent Petroleum Association of America; director of the Bradford Crude OilAssociation.He also was a member of allMasonic bodies and of the PennhillsClub.Attended Sehool in PittsburghMr. Sloan was graduated irom Pittsburgh Commercial High School in 1900 and went Irom a series of jobs to the position of assistantcredit ma natter of a hardware firm there. Hr early decided that it was time to make another move and hebecame assistant treasurer of the Bessemer Gas Engineering Company in Grove City in 1908 After six years, he pulled stakes and came to Bradford where hisIMtth and that ol Mr. Zook crcs.'ed. They foimed the Kare Gasoline Company at Kane to manufactureUNDERSTANDINGcaso!.u„ front natural gas. They next acquired t he Warren Gasoline Company at Eldred for the .'»mo purpose and at this time entered the oil producing business by purchase of some property in the Kant*field.In 1917. the two partners formed the Sloan and Zook Company They conducted a general oil brokerage and gasoline business until 1929. They then acquired ell properties m the Duke Centei area and began an exparsion which led to the Sloanand Zook Producing Company and other. They also operated the Sloanand Zook refinery at Warren for a number cf yeaivExtended HoldingsMore recently, they extended theirholdings to include producing properties in Kansas, Oklahoma. Texas and Louisiana.Mr Sloan is survived by hiswidow, Mrs. Ida M Slcan; a daughter. Mrs Harry Ward Tyler of SouthEaston. Ma.-s.: three grandsonsWilliam Sloan Tyler. Michael and David Tyler, all of South Easton;a sister. Mrs. David Powell oi Pittsburgh, and a niece, Mrs. John Hobey.also oi PittsburghFuneral sen ices will be conducted from the hcmA at 138 Kennedy St.. cn Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev Paul H McKee, pa.-:or of the First Presbyterianchurch, will officiate. Burial will t- in Willow Dale Cemetery\w;trtl S.9.000\i4 •ailiardurin son Ifatahthe IIreportCotninefive tiacconreportshow*pondidoubthunteOfffaNov. 1N e Isothe dioff let:ties ithindTwxdurmTherepori date i NovI 1«na i11 — tAllisOownWhit#
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Bradford Era
Bradford, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Nov 10, 1945
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