Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Ellen Slaven, 71, who died earlier in the week at Stockton, were held on Tuesday afternoon at Aukum.
Mrs. Slaven, a native of the Aukum district, was the wife of John Slaven, a former Placerville resident and the couple for the past twenty-four years had made their home at Stockton.
She is survived by three children, Mrs. Mamie Fessler and John Slaven of Stockton, and Ben Slaven of Plymouth; in addition to three sisters, Mrs. Addie Petrus and Mrs. Alma Vennewitz of Placerville, and Mrs. Mary Olin of Sacramento; and a brother, Henry Burden of Aukum.
Placerville (California) Mountain Democrat, March 21, 1935.