Sloan, Pollyanna England D’Arcy (1920 - 2018)

SLOAN, PASH, ENGLAND, FAHN, HOLMES, HINES

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 5/5/2018 at 12:38:00

Name of deceased: Pollyanna D’Arcy Sloan (nee England)

Aged: 97 yrs, 10 mo, 9 days

Residence: Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA

Born: May 9, 1920; Woodland, Barry County, MI

Died: March 13, 2018; Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: To be held at a later date. Burial of ashes to be in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Sons, Douglas D’Arcy (spouse, Janis Pash D’Arcy), and Daniel D’Arcy (spouse, Mary Fahn D’Arcy), all of Harlan, IA; 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Glenn Alton and Nellie Grace (nee Holmes) England; daughter, Deborah Hines; second husband, (?) Sloan

Education: While at Woodland (MI) High School, she played basketball and excelled in music, piano, and singing; she graduated from there with the Class of 1937. She then attended Business School in Detroit, MI.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriages: (1) George Edward D’Arcy; June 5, 1943; Chicago, IL (2) (unknown first name) Sloan; 1968; location not provided

Employment: After receiving her education, she moved to Detroit, MI and worked for Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as sang with the Art Janke Band. After her marriage and Edward’s discharge from the military in 1946, the family relocated to Harlan, IA, where Pollyanna became a full-time housewife and mother. In the early 1960’s, she returned to work as a legal secretary for the Bill Lewis Law Office in Harlan, IA. Pollyanna continued to sing and play the piano at church, community chorus, and with many bands her whole life; she played by ear and could play any music having heard it once.

Hobbies/Interests: loved traveling; tole painting; golf; cooking; playing bridge; wrote and self-published a cookbook of family recipes.

Sources: burmeisterjohannsen.com