Billy Dean Sluss, Sr., 65, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 2:32 pm, Monday, March 20, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born on May 20, 1957, in Wabash, to Henry Sluss and Darlene (Easterday) Slater.
Bill married Sheila Powers in Wise, Virginia on October 7, 1972. He worked for Norfolk-Southern Railroad, retiring after 37 years. Bill was a member of the Christian Heritage Church in Wabash. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, playing the guitar and singing, reading his Bible, and especially loved spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife, Sheila Sluss; three children, Sheri White, Sharon (Michael) Morgan, and Billy Dean Sluss, Jr.; mother, Darlene (Easterday) Slater, all of Wabash; ten grandchildren, Chris Sluss of South Bend, Indiana, Tyler (Haley Ferguson) Garrard of Wabash, Colt Bayliss of Warsaw, Indiana, Michael Morgan II of Iowa, Austin (Abigail) Morgan of Wabash, Shayna Morgan of Greenwood, Indiana, Shelli Morgan, Peyton (Kaylee) Sluss, Ethyn Sluss, and Leah Sluss, all of Wabash; seven great grandchildren; and two brothers, Bobby (Terry) Sluss and Mark (Vicki Gray) Sluss, both of Wabash. He was preceded in death by his father, Henry Sluss.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am, Friday, March 24, 2023, at Christian Heritage Church, 2776 River Road, Wabash, with Pastor Tim Prater officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 3-7 pm Thursday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is Christian Heritage Church.
The memorial guest book for Bill may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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