<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item xmlns="http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5" itemId="24324" public="1" featured="0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5 http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5/omeka-xml-5-0.xsd" uri="https://history.meigslibrary.org/items/show/24324?output=omeka-xml" accessDate="2026-04-28T12:57:42+00:00">
  <collection collectionId="1190">
    <elementSetContainer>
      <elementSet elementSetId="1">
        <name>Dublin Core</name>
        <description>The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.</description>
        <elementContainer>
          <element elementId="50">
            <name>Title</name>
            <description>A name given to the resource</description>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="72570">
                <text>Obituaries</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
        </elementContainer>
      </elementSet>
    </elementSetContainer>
  </collection>
  <itemType itemTypeId="1">
    <name>Text</name>
    <description>A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.</description>
    <elementContainer>
      <element elementId="1">
        <name>Text</name>
        <description>Any textual data included in the document</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="77423">
            <text>Gary "Bubba" Duane Slaven, 70, of Racine, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2023. He was born on August 19th, 1952 in Rainelle, West Virginia to the late Harry McKendree Slaven and the late Helen Frances Smith Slaven. Gary was preceded in death by his brother Keith Slaven, sister Lillian (Honey) Slaven, and sons Aaron and Carlton Drummer.&#13;
&#13;
He is survived by his two daughters, Amber Slaven (Jamie) and Megan Swisher (Brad), brothers Vern and Johnny, and sisters Dee and Patty. Gary is also survived by his aunt Rita Slavin of Syracuse, cousins, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and close friends.&#13;
&#13;
Gary worked his entire life in construction and was a talented woodworker. He built homes and offices in the late 1980's through the early 1990's. He worked in lumber yards, including Baum Lumber, for more than 20 years before retiring in 2020.&#13;
&#13;
Gary was kind, easy-going, and loved by many. In recent years, he enjoyed breakfast with the crew at Sikorski's, relaxing, and watching Westerns. A celebration of life service will be held June 3rd, 2023 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm at Cooper Hollow Event Barn, refreshments and food will be provided.</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
      <element elementId="7">
        <name>Original Format</name>
        <description>The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="77424">
            <text>&lt;a href="https://www.andersonmcdaniel.com/obituary/Gary-Slaven" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
    </elementContainer>
  </itemType>
  <elementSetContainer>
    <elementSet elementSetId="1">
      <name>Dublin Core</name>
      <description>The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.</description>
      <elementContainer>
        <element elementId="50">
          <name>Title</name>
          <description>A name given to the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="77420">
              <text>Gary "Bubba" Duane Slaven</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="48">
          <name>Source</name>
          <description>A related resource from which the described resource is derived</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="77421">
              <text>Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="40">
          <name>Date</name>
          <description>A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="77422">
              <text>May 22nd, 2023</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
      </elementContainer>
    </elementSet>
  </elementSetContainer>
  <tagContainer>
    <tag tagId="2866">
      <name>slaven</name>
    </tag>
    <tag tagId="7">
      <name>smith</name>
    </tag>
  </tagContainer>
</item>
